Exercise 1

"Defendant W. R. Grace & Co. ("W. R. Grace") incorporates herein its Objections of W. R. Grace & Co. to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories. Interrogatories requesting information about chemicals, or products, processes, activities or incidents related to chemicals, are answered only with respect to the chemical enumerated in the Amended Complaint, namely, trichlorethylene, tetrachlorethlylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,2-transdichloroethylene, benzene and chloroform, and only as to the period from 1960 through 1979. Defendant has objected to such interrogatories insofar as they seek information about other chemicals (hereinafter "other chemicals"). Defendant also objects to such interrogatories insofar as they seek information about matters subsequent to 1979, when wells G and H were taken out of production, on the grounds that such information is irrelevant and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence."

What is the issue that Grace & Co. raises here?

What conclusions do they make?

What are the reasons behind these conclusions?