Day 123 - 09 May 95 - Page 17

     
     1   Q.   What you are saying is you do not know what management or
     2        decision-making procedures were actually gone through
     3        before, or at the time, when the Plaintiffs decided to sue
     4        Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris, among others; all you say is that
     5        when you read the leaflet yourself you could understand why
     6        whoever was responsible for the decision (singular or
     7        plural) should decide to join in the litigation?
     8        A.  That is correct.
     9
    10   Q.   That is what your evidence amounts to?
    11        A.  That is correct, yes.  When the information was
    12        discussed with our executives I could clearly see why we
    13        would want to take some action.
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:   When you say "discussed with your executives" are
    16        you referring to Mr. Yastrow and Mr. Stein, or is that
    17        other discussions?
    18        A.  I do not know exactly who Mr. Preston discussed this
    19        with early on.  I do know obviously at some point in time
    20        our General Council got involved, and it was shortly
         thereafter that I became acquainted with proceedings and
    22        was asked to be involved.
    23
    24   Q.   So Mr. Yastrow did not get involved until after the writs
    25        had been issued then?
    26        A.  I cannot answer that.  I do not know the timing on
    27        that.
    28
    29   Q.   It was just you said "shortly thereafter"; shortly after he
    30        had become involved you became acquainted with the
    31        proceedings.  But I understood you to say that you only
    32        became acquainted with the proceedings about, well it would
    33        be almost two years ago now, I think?
    34        A.  That is about right.
    35
    36   Q.   That is about right?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   And Mr. Yastrow indicated he had only recently become
    40        involved in the proceedings on behalf of the Corporation?
         A.  I do not believe I said that.  I do not know when he
    42        specifically was involved, and who else was involved on the
    43        part of our parent company.
    44
    45   Q.   Do you know whether the Corporation was involved before the
    46        writs were served?
    47        A.  I would imagine there had been some discussion with
    48        some of our executives.
    49
    50   Q.   But you do not know? 
    51        A.  Specifically, no. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Was it ever discussed at Board meetings or anything like
    54        that?
    55        A.  No.
    56
    57   MR. MORRIS:  If anybody had ever been sued for distributing this
    58        leaflet in the United States, you would know about it,
    59        would you?
    60        A.  No, I cannot say I would know about it.  Again