# IBM

**Losses Exceeding $25,000**

**General, Auto & Product Liability**

**1979 (5/21/79 - 5/21/80)**

| Accident Date | Reserve/Paid | Description Of Accident | Open/Closed |
|---------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------------|
| 10/1/79       | $25,000 P    | Claimant alleges exposure to a jet ink used in IBM Printing machine caused carcinoma of the testicles. | C            |
|              | 5,397 E      |                          |              |
| 1/2/80        | $25,762 P    | While on insured's premises, claimant tripped over an IBM Copier pigtail. | C            |
|              | 11,360 E     |                          |              |
| 11/19/79      | $30,000 P    | Claimant alleged that he stepped in a hole where a computer had been and sustained a protruding disc requiring a Larniectomy. | C            |
|              | 11,730 E     |                          |              |
| 6/7/79        | $15,000 P    | Libel and Slander claim. | C            |
|              | 29,472 E     |                          |              |
| 12/10/79      | $64,720 P    | Claimant alleges hit by forklift on loading dock. | C            |
|              | 6,173 E      |                          |              |
| 2/3/80        | $139,645 R   | Claimant working on a computer alleges a packing crate fell on his back and he sustained back, heart and a nervous condition. Investigation indicates liability rests with IBM. | O            |
|              | 10,354 E/P   |                          |              |
| 1/8/80        | $129,764 E   | Claimant alleges libelous publications. | C            |
| 10/29/79      | $108,182 R   | The claimant, an electrical contractor caught his hand in a generator belt when someone activated the "out" switch located in another area. Zurich believes it was an IBM employee who threw switch but there is no definite proof. Claimant sustained lacerations of left hand and wrist which required 99 stitches and 4 operations. | O            |
|              | 26,818 E/P   |                          |              |