ACandS's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in Bellows v. Fibreboard (1984)

ACandS, Inc., formerly Armstrong Contracting and Supply Corporation, answers the plaintiffs' master interrogatories to all defendants in the asbestos cases in the U.S. District Court for Kansas (Bellows v. Fibreboard and four other cases), verified in 1984 by its Secretary-Treasurer, R. E. Fink. ACandS describes itself as an insulation contractor that began operating on January 1, 1958, and many answers say questions about "your products" are "directed to entities other than ACandS." It says claims by employees before August 1, 1969 "were handled and processed by another corporation."

What it shows

Asked when it learned of the hazards, ACandS points to an increasing awareness in the late 1960s and a Selikoff seminar (No. 61); it gives no earlier date.

About this copy

The verification's day and month are left blank, and the defendant's certificate of service is unsigned and undated; a stamp shows the copy was received by Blatt & Fales on November 20, 1984. One overflow page is out of order (the end of No. 11 is on p. 8), and the left margin of p. 42 is cut off. Pages 65–66 are the plaintiffs' service of the questions (July 26, 1984).