Union Carbide's Responses to Plaintiffs' First Interrogatories and Requests for Production in Latham v. Garlock, with Campbell Affidavit, Rhodes-to-Thurber Memo on Asbestos Warning Labels, and Fax Cover Sheet (2001)

Compilation of four items. First are Union Carbide's objections and answers to the first interrogatories and requests for production in Latham v. Garlock (Brazoria County, Texas), describing Calidria sales, warning labels, safety literature and the document repository. Next are an August 2002 affidavit of plaintiffs' attorney C. Taylor Campbell about the admission of a 1975 memo at trial, the May 30, 1975 H. B. Rhodes memo to W. C. Thurber commenting on proposed asbestos warning labels, and a Lanier Law Firm fax cover sheet.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-39: Union Carbide Corporation's responses to plaintiffs' first interrogatories and requests for production, Latham v. Garlock, Cause No. 15137*BH01 (UC-5417); includes lists of Calidria grades, applications, library holdings and customer literature
• Pages 40-41: Affidavit of Fact of C. Taylor Campbell, Lanier Law Firm, on the admission of Exhibit 37 (1975 Rhodes memo) at trial, August 2002 (UC-5418)
• Pages 42-44: Memo from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, May 30, 1975, commenting on Law Department's proposed asbestos warning-label language (Chamberlain memo of May 5, 1975)
• Page 45: Lanier Law Firm fax cover sheet from Taylor Campbell; recipient and date partly illegible

People and organizations

From Powers & Frost, L.L.P. (James H. Powers, Sharla J. Frost, Gwendolyn S. Frost, Lori B. Wiese) (Attorneys for Defendant Union Carbide Corporation (discovery responses, pp. 1-39)); C. Taylor Campbell (Attorney, Lanier Law Firm (affiant, pp. 40-41)); H. B. Rhodes (Union Carbide Metals Division technology department (memo, pp. 42-44)) to W. C. Thurber (Metals Division, New York, NY (memo addressee)); R. E. Byrne (copy recipient of the memo); J. L. Myers (copy recipient of the memo).

• C. Taylor Campbell (author)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• John L. Myers (copied)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• District Court (named)
• Garlock (named)
• Kelley Drye & Warren (named)
• Metals Division (named)
• Powers & Frost, L.L.P (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Duty to Warn · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-5417 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 45 pages. Production numbers UC-5417 to 420321.