Philip E. Enterline to Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. on Barry Castleman's Request for the Literature Review (1977)

A one-page letter of February 28, 1977, from Dr. Philip E. Enterline, acting chairman of biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health, to Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr., chairman of Nicolet. Enterline enclosed a letter from Barry Castleman asking for his literature review, and his reply (neither is in the set). He saw no reason not to give it, "since this we hope to have published," and said Castleman had not asked for "the kind of material I gave Wendell Alcorn."

What it shows

Enterline described the review as "a scholarly endeavor financed by AIA in a search for the 'truth' in the belief that the industry is being wronged by falsehoods. Obviously, it's a gamble on the part of AIA." The review was the Asbestos Information Association's Legal-Medical Research Program, described in its December 1976 minutes. Wendell Alcorn was the Association's special counsel.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Dr. P. Enterline letter to G. Gabrielson, 2/28/77, enclosing a copy of Barry Castleman's (Environmental Consultant) letter and Dr. Enterline's reply. Dr. Enterline states that Castleman asked for a copy of his literature review, and he sees no reason why he should not give Castleman a copy of the literature review, since this is what "we" had hoped to have published anyway. Dr. Enterline states that he views the "entire project as a scholarly endeavor financed by AIA in its search for the truth in the belief that the industry is being wronged, by falsehoods. Obviously, it's a gamble on the part of AIA." (Enclosures are not attached.)

Related documents

• Asbestos Information Association Executive Committee Minutes on the Legal-Medical Research Program (1976)
• Asbestos Information Association Executive Committee Minutes on Litigation Files, Expert Witnesses and a Captive Insurer (1977)

About this copy

This is document 632 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002169 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002169.