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    "ocrText": "December 1,1927.\nDr. S.C. Lind, Dean of Chemistry,\nUniversity of Minnesota,\nMinneapolis,Minn.\nDear Dr. Lind:\nYou will recall that last summer I wrote you a few lines\nrelative to a possible interview with you in connection with litigation\nin which we are now involved. Conditions at that time were such that\nit was not practicable to see you, but these conditions have now altered\nto where we propose to outline our position to you, and make inquiry as\nto whether you would be disposed to come to our assistance in this matter.\nIn 1925 there were three law suits instigated, by girls\nemployed by us at one time or another, who claimed that they were suffering\nas a result of having used luminous material. The claim being that this\nmaterial had been ingested into the system and deposited in the bone with\nprogressively deleterious effects. At that time we were instrumental in\ninteresting several investigators in this problem. These men have carried\non rather extensive work during the last two years, and have what we consider\nsome rather valuable data. However, prior to the time that this work was\ncompleted the three suits in question were settled out of court for a rather\nnominal sum.\nWe rather felt that at the time these cases were settled that the\nmatter had been closed, and that the chances were rather remote that any more\nsuits would be instigated. However, in July of this year there were instigat-\ned five (5) suits by girls who worked for us during the interim of 1917 to\n1921. These girls claim that they did not become aware of the nature of\ntheir injuries until July 1925 or thereafter. I believe that with the\nexception of one of these cases the girls claim to have suffered from one\ncomplaint or another not knowing what the cause of their trouble actually was.\nIt is of interest to note that these cases are all being prosecut-\ned by the same attorney who is rather young in experience in the legal profession,\nand a man who was in the employ of our attorneys at the time we settled the\nsuits with the girls in 1925.\nThese suits were brought in the Supreme Court and we pleaded the\nstatute of liminations, which in effect is that one is debared from bringing\nsuit against an employer after two years from the time they received the\ninjury. This line of defence seems to be the strongest which we will have, and\none which we are going to need expert testimonyyon from men such as yc\nDr. McCoy, Dr. Morre,and Dr. Schlundt."
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