Wells, John Kendrick, III
(BW, Assistant General Counsel) In a 1/17/85 memo, BWT corporate counsel J. Kendrick Wells said he had advised Earl Kornhorst, BWT's VP for research, development and engineering, on the need to prune scientific reports from his files. Wells marked certain reports with an X to designate those that were "deadwood in the behavioral and biological studies area". The Janus studies--secret program of biological research on the effects of smoking which showed tumor growth in animals--should be treated as "deadwood". These documents should be segregated, boxed and put in the basement for possible shipment to BAT Industries in England, but no one "should make any notes, memos or lists of the documents" (LAT 8/2/94).J. Kendrick Wells III is located at 3725 Hillsdale Rd., Louisville, KY 40222. The phone number is (502)429-5785. J. Kendrick Wells, III is Assistant General Counsel for production for litigation for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Wells has knowledge of the editing, suppression and control of scientific research on tobacco and health; the destruction and/or concealment of documentary evidence; and BAT Industries p.l.c., BATCo and Brown & Williamson operations. MR. Wells was Assistant General Counsel for Brown & Williamson. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) J. Kendrick Wells III is assistant general counsel for product litigation for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (1994) (LAT 8/2/94). Wells was also in-house? attorney for B&W, circa 1979-1985 (Source 3/24/94). In a 1/17/85 memo, BWT corporate counsel J. Kendrick Wells said he had advised Earl Kornhorst, BWT's VP for research, development and engineering, on the need to prune scientific reports from his files. Wells marked certain reports with an X to designate those that were "deadwood in the behavioral and biological studies area". The Janus studies--secret program of biological research on the effects of smoking which showed tumor growth in animals--should be treated as "deadwood". These documents should be segregated, boxed and put in the basement for possible shipment to BAT Industries in England, but no one "should make any notes, memos or lists of the documents" (LAT 8/2/94).
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Wells, J.K.Wells, J.
Wells, K.
Wells, J.K. (Inferred)
Wells, J.K./X
Wells, K. (Inferred)
Wells, J. (Inferred)
Wells, J. Kendrick
*Wells, Kendrick Esq.