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PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT GTR-20 BRAYTCh & A330, 1 2378r- MAV 1 1 1QQ0 RODNEY E.*PRYOR, ESQ., Bar No.: 100100 *1 2 2 ERICKSEN, ARBUTHNOT, BROWN, KILDUFF & DAY, Inc. 1304 Willow Street RcCEhut 3 Martinez, California 94553 (415) 229-1702 4 Attorneys for Defendant(s), 5 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 9 10 IN RE: 11 COMPLEX ASBESTOS LITIGATION 12 13 No. 828-684 DEFENDANT, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFFS' STANDARD INTERROG ATORIES TO FRICTION DEFENDANTS PER GENERAL ORDER NO. 2 9 14 15 COMES NOW the defendant, THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER 16 COMPANY (hereinafter "GOODYEAR"), and pursuant to the provisions 17 of General Order No. 29, and under the applicable California 18 Code of Civil Procedure sections and in compliance with the 19 California Rules of Court and Local Rules of Court, answers the 20 interrogatories propounded by plaintiffs, as follows: 21 1. (a) Hayes A. Jenkins 22 (b) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 23 1144 East Market Street 24 Akron, Ohio 44316 25 (c) Assistant Secretary 26 2. (a) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 27 (b) Ohio 28 (c) 1898 1 - - * ' (d) 1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44316. 2 (e) Yes, since approximately 1920 3 (f) Yes, C.T. CORPORATION SYSTEM, 800 South 4 Figueroa St., #1000, Los Angeles, CA 90017 5 (g) Not applicable 6 3. No. 7 4. Yes. 8 (a) Motor Wheel Corporation, principal office was 9 first at 1600 Larch Street, Lansing, Michigan; principal office 10 then moved to 4000 Collins Road, Lansing, Michigan. 11 (b) Motor Wheel Corporation was a wholly-owned 12 subsidiary of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY from 1/17/64 to 13 12/29/86. 14 (c) In the period 1964 to 1979, this subsidiary 15 manufactured and sold asbestos-containing electric brake systems 16 for mobile homes. 17 5. No. 18 6. (a) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 19 Corporate Executive Offices 20 1144 East Market Street. 21 Akron, Ohio 44316 22 (b) Mr. James Boyazis, Vice President and Secre 23 tary, whose address is the same as listed in Subpart (a) 24 of this interrogatory. 25 7. No. .26 8 Not applicable. 27 9. No. .28 10 Not applicable. -2- 1 - -12'. , Not applicable. 2 12. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY responds to 3 this interrogatory by stating that it distributed industrial 4 / disk brakes manufactured by GOODYEAR AEROSPACE for use in 5 heavy-duty off-road construction equipment, including industrial 6 trucks, loaders, tractors, haulers and mining cars, in the 7 period 1948-1978, and for a brief time during that time period 8 assembled or manufactured such brakes. 9 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY did not manufac 10 ture or distribute brake shoes, brake blocks, brake pads or 11 brake bands for use in automobiles or light-duty trucks, 12 heavy-duty trucks or trailers, buses or coaches, motorcycles, 13 winches, drill rigs, farm equipment. It did not manufacture or 14 distribute brake linings in a bulk form, nor as pre-attached to 15 shoes. 16 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY never manufac 17 tured or distributed any clutch facings, clutch plates or 18 automatic transmission plates for any of the listed use 19 applications, or at all. 20 13. This answering defendant repleads and incorporates 21 its answer to Interrogatory No. 12 above, the same as though set 22 forth at length herein. Additionally, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & 23 RUBBER COMPANY states that records are no longer retained or 24 available to respond to the remainder of this interrogatory.. 25 Any records regarding the marketing of GOODYEAR AEROSPACE 26 products were turned over to Loreal when they purchased GOODYEAR 27 AEROSPACE. 28 14. This answering defendant repleads and incorporates -3- 4 its answer to Tirteerrogatory Nos. 12 and 13 above, the same as 2 though set forth at length herein. 3 15. This answering defendant repleads and incorporates 4 its answer to Interrogatory Nos. 12 and 13 above, the same as 5 though set forth at length herein. 6 16. Not applicable. 7 17. Not applicable. 8 i 18. This answering defendant has no information or 9 belief upon which to base a response to this interrogatory, nor 10 are records available which might provide further response. 11 19. No. 12 20. This answering defendant is informed and believes, 13 and upon such information and belief, states it has no informa tion relevant to the subject matter of this inquiry. 15 21. No. 16 22. Yes. 17 23. (a) Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, CT. 18 (b) 1973-75 (Policy Nos. 107t 613-4-73, 74 & 75) 19 (c) Limits of the policies varied extensively. 20 (d) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 21 Risk Management Dept. 22 1144 East Market Street 23 Akron, Ohio 44316 24 24. No. 25 25. No. 26 26. This answering defendant lacks sufficient informa tion or belief to enable it to answer the inquiry made in this 28 interrogatory; however, it believes that no such claims have -4 ates me IN REi COMPLEX LITIGATION STATE OP OHIO COUNTY OF SUMMIT ) ) ) I, HAYES A JENKINS, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that I am the Assistant Secretary of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY and I verify the foregoing Answers to General Order No. 29 Interrogatories; that the matters stated therein are not within my personal knowledge; that the facts stated therein have been assembled by authorized employees and counsel of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, and I am informed that the facts stated therein are true and correct. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct and that this verification was executed on (place) , Ohio. 7. MO , at ddaatteedd// ' 1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL 2 3 I, the undersigned, hereby declare: 4 I am over the age of 18 years, employed in the County of 5 Contra Costa, and not a party to the within action. My 6 business address is 1304 Willow Street, Martinez, California 7 94553. 8 I am readily familiar with our business' practice for 9 collection and processing of documents for mailing with the 10 U.S. Postal Service, and that the below-named document will be 11 deposited with the U.S. Postal Service, with postage fully 12 prepaid thereon, on the date set forth below, at Martinez, 13 California. 14 On the date set forth below, I served the within: 15 DEFENDANT, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S ANSWERS TO 16 PLAINTIFF'S STANDARD INTERROGATORIES TO FRICTION DEFENDANTS PER 17 GENERAL ORDER NO. 29 by placing a true and correct copy thereof 18 in an envelope, sealing and placing it for collection and 19 mailing, following ordinary business practices, addressed as 20 follows: 21 SEE ATTACHED LIST 22 I declare, under penalty of perjury, and under the laws 23 of the State of California, that the foregoing is true and 24 correct. 25 Executed on May 9, 26 27 281 vJ w'-a'irijjC.A Jjx'i . -t'KUUr / ov'C LIST 1/10/90 auijLIVAN , ROCHE, ec ax. 220 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94104 SEDGWICK,DETERT, et al. 1 Embarcadero Ctr, 16 F] San Francisco, CA 94111 E .SBURY, MADISON,et'al: 5xj S.Flower St., #3300 Los Angeles, CA 90071 JEIDIKEN,CONNOR,et al. 445 Washington St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Stevens & Drummond 1910 Olympic Blvd. #250 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 ANDERSON,GALLOWAY,et al. 1676 N.California Blvd. #500 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 * GORDON & REES Embarcadero Ctr,West 275 Battery St., 20th Fir San Francisco, CA 94111 * BERRY & BERRY 505 - 14th St. 12th Fir. Oakland, CA 94612 PARISH & MORIARTY 1750 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94109 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, et al. 4 Embarcadero Ctr., 17th Fir. San Francisco, CA 94111 * MeGLYNN, McLORG, et al. 188 Embarcadero, #200 San Francisco, CA 94105 'ARCHER, McCOMAS et al. 2033 N. Main St., #800 P O Box 8035 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 FINAN, WHITE, et al. 150 Spear St., #1725 San Francisco, CA 94101 . STARK, WELL, et al., Lake Merritt Plaza 1999 Harrison St., #130( Oakland, CA 94612 SHIELD & SMITH r California St., #1400 3* Francisco, CA 94104 WILD & JEFFREY 1700 Montgomery St., #110 San Francisco, CA 94111 * KNOX, RICKSEN, et al., 1999 Harrison St., #170C Oakland, CA 94612 BROWN, CORK & SEAL 3 Embarcadero Ctr., #670 San Francisco, CA 94111 LYNCH, LOOFBOURROW, et al P O Box 7045 505 Beach St. San Francisco, CA 94133 PILLSBURY, MADISON, et c 225 Bush St. P O Box 7880 San Francisco, CA 9412C BENNETT, SAMUELSON, etal 1951 Webster St., #200 Oakland, CA 94612 'JACKSON, WALLACE, et al 33 New Montgomery St. 18th Fir. San Francisco, CA 94120 `STUMBOS & MASON P O BOX 868 Sacramento, CA 95804 3ROBECK, PHLEGER, et al. One Market Plaza Spear St. Tower San Francisco, CA 94105 HASSARD, BONNINGTON et al 5 Fremont Center 50 Fremont St. San Francisco, CA 94105 MORGENSTEIN & JUBELIRER 101 Market St., 6th Fir Fed. Res. Bank Bldg. San Francisco, CA 9410! BANNA, BROPHY, et al. 595 Market St., #900 S^n Francisco, CA 94105 *LANDELS, RIPLEY, et al. 450 Pacific Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133 * BARFIELD, BARFIELD, et c 1 California St., #3125 San Francisco, CA 9411: PELAVIN, NORBERG, et al. 2 Embarcadero Ctr, #2360 San Francisco, CA 94111 * PARICHEN, RENBERG, et al 2350 W. Shaw, # 130 Fresno, CA 93711 MARRON, REID, et al. The Int'l. Bldg., #1200 601 California St. San Francisco, CA 9410 COMPLEX LIT. SERVICE LIST - x/10/90 PAGE -2- GLASPY & GLASPY 3 Embarcadero Ctr., #1140 San Francisco, CA 94112 BOGLE & GATES 1400 KOIN Center 222 S.W. Columbia St. Portland, OR 97201 & COLEMAN in25 River Park Dr., #226 Sacramento, CA 95815 JEFFREY P. WALSWORTH 1 Montgomery St., West Tower, #2121 San Francisco, CA 94105 'MCDONALD, PERUSSINA et a 635 Sacramento St., #720 San Francisco, CA 94111 THELEN, MARRIN, et al. 2 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 `KINCAID, GIANUNZIO,et al 200 Webster St., #200 Oakland, CA 94607 `BURNHILL, MOREHOUSE, eta 1220 Oakland Blvd., #20C Walnut Creek, CA 94596 MULLALLY & CEDERBERG 1405 Central Bldg., 436 - 14th St. Oakland, CA 94612 THOMPSON & HELLER 3600 American River Dr. #150 Sacramento, CA 94864 FARRINGTON, FOXX, et al. W. 6th St., 9th Fir. L j Angeles, CA 90017 PETTIT & MARTIN 101 California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 CROSBY, HEAFEY, et al. 1999 Harrison St. Oakland, CA 94612 LILLICK, McHOSE, et al 44 Montgomery St., #400 San Francisco, CA 94104 CARROLL, BURDICK, et al. 44 Montgomery St., #400 San Francisco, CA 94104 GRAHAM & JAMES 1 Maritime Plaza #300 San Francisco, CA 94111 *ST. CLAIR, ZA*PPETTINI, 235 Montgomery St., #635 San Francisco, CA 94104 POPELKA, ALLARD, et al 1 Jackson Place, 5th Fir 633 Battery St. San Francisco, CA 94111 WRIGHT, ROBINSON, et al 101 California St., #1870 San Francisco, CA 94111 PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC Law Dept. P O Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120 KINSELLA, BOESCH, et al. 1875 Century Park East #1600 Los Angeles, CA 90067 BISHOP, BARRY, et al. 465 California St., 11th Fir. San Francisco, CA 94104 ROGERS, JOSEPH, et al 311 California St. 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 *TARKINGTON, O'CONNER et 1 Market Plaza, 41st Fir Spear St. Tower San Francisco, CA 94104 HOWARD & RICE 3 Embarcadero Ctr, #700 San Francisco, CA 94104 BJORK, FLEER, et al. 192 - 10th St. Oakland, CA 94607 TOLPEGIN, IMAI, et al 1 Post St., #2400 ' n Francisco, CA 94104 'LATHAM % WATKINS 6.33 W. 5t*h St. , #4000 Los Angeles, CA 90071 - `BRONSON, BRONSON et al. 100 B St., #400 Santa Rosa, CA 95401 SMYLIE & SELMAN 2049 Century Park East #2600 Los Angeles, CA 90067 CORRIGAN & WHITNEY So. Pacific Bldg. 1 Market Plaza, #200 San Francisco, CA 94105 QUISENBERRY, et al. 2049 Century Park East #1100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 COMPLEX LIT. SERVICE LIST - 1/10/90 PAGE -3- STATE COMP. INS. FUND 1275 Market St., 3rd Fir San Francisco, CA 94103 'BRANSON, FITZGERALD 643 Bair Isl. Rd. #400 P O Box 2189 Redwood City, CA 94064 ^ES & NICORA 1900 Embarcadero #201-A Oakland, CA 94606 NANCY E. HUDGINS 605 Market St., #700 San Francisco, CA 94105 LOW, BALL & LYNCH 601 California St., 21st Fir. San Francisco, CA 94108 `CLAPP, MORONEY, et al 4400 Bohana Dr., #100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 MCNAMARA, HOUSTON, et al P 0 Box 5288 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 REAM, ROSKMPH, et al 755 Page Mill Rd., #B-1C Palo Alto, CA 94304 HILL, GENSON, et al 505 Shatto PI. Los Angeles, CA 90020 HARDIN, COOK, et al. Lake Merritt Plaza, 18th 1999 Harrison St., Fir MURPHY, PEARSON, et al 88 Kearny St., #1100 San Francisco, CA 94108 LANDELS^ RIPLEY, et al 450 Pacrf>^Ave San Frart^isbci^ CA 94133 32QRGE W. KIIEOUFNE attorney at Law V Alhambra Ave., #10 4 .inez, CA 94553 BRUCE L. AHNFELDT Attorney at Law 700 Franklin Street Napa, CA 94559 BRAYTCN & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 2109 Novato, CA 94948 JACK K. CLAPPER Attorney at Law 100 Shoreline Hwy.,Bldg B, #30 Mill Valley, CA 94941