Affidavit of John L. Myers in Support of Union Carbide's Motion for Summary Judgment, Kavanaugh v. AcandS, Inc., with Attached Toxicology Reports and Customer Literature (2003)

Affidavit of John L. Myers, a former Union Carbide Calidria marketing manager, filed in Kavanaugh v. AcandS, Inc., No. 02-21243 (Miami-Dade County, Florida). It describes Union Carbide's Calidria business, bag warnings, toxicology reports and customer literature mailings, and states that Union Carbide did not control its customers' finished products. The exhibit also includes attached documents dated 1968 to 1974: asbestos toxicology reports, a Calidria product bulletin, a 1970 letter, a 1970 status summary with attached articles, 1972 memos and a customer notice, and a 1974 memo with a literature list.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-5: Affidavit of John L. Myers in support of Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment (Kavanaugh v. AcandS, Inc.)
• Page 6: Slip sheet: Attachment A
• Pages 7-8: Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' signed by Carl U. Dernehl, M.D. and K. S. Lane, M.D. (undated)
• Page 9: Blank page
• Pages 10-14: Calidria Asbestos SG-130 and SG-210 for tape joint compounds product bulletin, October 1968, with Toxicological Properties section
• Page 15: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics sales office list
• Page 16: Slip sheet: Attachment C
• Pages 17-18: Asbestos Toxicology Report, Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department, 5/8/69
• Page 19: Blank page
• Page 20: Letter, H. B. Rhodes to John Juett, International Shoe Co., August 6, 1970, enclosing asbestos toxicology information
• Pages 21-34: 'Status Summary - Mid 1970 Asbestos Toxicology' with attached Engineering News-Record article (April 2, 1970), a McGill study excerpt, and Walsh-Healey regulation (Federal Register, Jan. 17, 1969)
• Pages 35-36: Asbestos Toxicology Report, 5/8/69 (copy bearing UCASB0071919x stamps)
• Page 37: Slip sheet: Attachment E
• Page 38: Internal memo, J. L. Myers to W. N. Johnson, February 18, 1972, requesting corporate approval of an interim toxicology report for general mailing
• Page 39: Undated notice 'To Our Customers' signed by J. L. Myers listing literature available from the Niagara Falls office
• Page 40: Start of Research and Development Department text on asbestos health hazards and the National Academy of Sciences report (continues on pages not sent)
• Pages 41-60: Not sent for cataloging
• Pages 61-62: Sideways or upside-down technical data tables; mostly illegible in OCR
• Page 63: Slip sheet: Attachment G
• Page 64: Internal memo, J. L. Myers to J. P. Norris and others, February 12, 1974, on 'Safe Use' literature
• Page 65: List titled 'Literature Available for Mailing on the Safe Use of Asbestos'

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Former Marketing Manager, later Product and Production Manager, Calidria business (affiant)).

• John L. Myers (author)
• ACandS, Inc (named)
• Engineering News-Record (named)
• EPA (named)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation (named)
• Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department (named)
• International Shoe Co (named)
• National Academy of Sciences (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Research and Development Department (named)
• Toxicology Department (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• United States Gypsum Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-5439 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 65 pages. Production numbers UCASB00086506 to UCASB00719140.