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OCR Page 1 of 31-0-345340 Fryer vs.Radium Luminous Materials Corp.
1-C-349819 Hussman If
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The suits in these three cases have been brought
against
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United States Radium Corporation and not against the
Radium Luminous Materials Corporation named in our policy. Mr.
C. B. Lee, President of the United States Radium Corporation, advises
me that the United States Radium Corporation and the Radium
Luminous Materials Corporation are one and the same concern. on
September 1, 1921, the name of the corporation was changed from
the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation to the United States
Radium Corporation, which accounts for the litigation being against
the 00 rporation bearing the latter name.
These three cases have been discussed with Mr. Lee
on several occasions. Our policy was in force from August 20, 1919,
to August 20, 1920. These three employees worked for the assured
for different periods of time but each was with the assured during
all or a part of our policy term. Their allegations of negligence
and the entire litigation is based upon continuing negligence during the
period of employment. Our policy being in force during only a part
of that period, Mr. Lee and I agreed that the Aetna Life Insurance
Company would be interested in the final cost by judgment, settlement
or otherwise, in proportion as its policy hazard in connection with
each employee bears to the total pe riod said employee was in the
assured 's service.
It was agreed that these cases would be referred to
Collins & Corbin for defense, that the entire bill of Collins &
Corbin for legal services should be borne by our company. There
are two other cases of similar nature, brought by employees who
were not in assured's service during our policy period.
We
therefore are not interested in those cases. Mr. Lee advises that
the New Amsterdam Casualty Company policy was in force during
part of the time while those other litigants were employed, and
that the defense in those cases is being handled by Messrs.
Edwards & Smith in behalf of the New Amsterdam.
In addition to the above, in connection with this
entire litigation, the attorney for plaintiffs arranged for an
autopsy to be held on the body of Amelia Maggio, former employee
who
was
in the assured's service for a period of approximately five
years which period included the one year covered by our policy. Mr.
Lee and I agreed that it was fair and equitable for our company to
assume the same proportion of expenses in the Maggio matter as the
period covered by our policy bears to the entire period of her
employment, it being understood that neither the assured nor the
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