Letters Sent to Dr. S.C. Lind, December 1, 1927

December 1,1927. Dr. s.c. Lind, Dean of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,Minn. Dear Dr. Lind: You will recall that last summer I wrote you a few lines relative to a possible interview with you in connection with litigation in which we are now involved. Conditions at that time were such that it was not practicable to see you, but these conditions have now altered to where we propose to outline our position to you, and make inquiry as to whether you would be disposed to come to our assistance in this matter. In 1925 there were three law suits instigated, by girls employed by us at one time or another, who claimed that they were suffering as a result of having used luminous material. The claim being that this material had been ingested into the system and deposited in the bone with progressively deleterious effects. At that time we were instrumental in interesting several avestigators in this problem. These men have carried on rather extensive work during the last two years, and have what we consider some rather valuable data. However, prior to the time that this work was completed the three suits in question were settled out of court for a rather nominal sum. We rather felt that at the time these cases were settled that the matter had been closed, and that the chances were rather remote that any more suits would be instigated. However, in July of this year there were instigat- ed five (5) suits by girls who worked for us diring the interim of 1917 to 1921. These girls claim that they did not become aware of the nature of their injuries until July 1925 or thereafter. I believe that with the exception of one of these cases the girls claim to have suffered from one complaint or another not knowing what the cause of their trouble actually was. It is of interest to note that these cases are all being prosecut- ed by the same attorney who is rather young in experience in the legal profession, and a man who was inthe employ of our attorneys at the time we settled the suits with the girls in 1925. These suits were brought in the Supreme Court and we pleaded the statute of limiliations, which in effect is that one is debared from bringing suit against an employer after two years from the time they received the injury. This line of defence seems to be the strongest which we will have, and one which we are going to need expert testimoniyon from men such as y Dr. McCoy, Dr. Mopre and Dr. Schlundt.