Greetings. It is necessary as circumstances have developed to both bring you up to speed on the events following Bill Moore's unfortunate accident, and to ask for your cooperation in avoiding any discussion of the issue with anyone. ARRL Headquarters, about two weeks ago, received a notifcation from a law firm that there would be a worker's compensation claim filed with respect to Bill's accident. This was in the form of a "Notice of Claim for Compensation" filed on behalf of Bill with the State Worker's Compensation Commission. In response, our worker's compensation insurance carrier, The Hartford, filed a notice of intent to contest the claim for benefits, stating several reasons for that position. The principal argument apparently is that the accident was outside the scope of employment. The Hartford has assigned ARRL an attorney as part of this claim and Barry Shelley has been in touch with him initially. The attorney is of the view at this point that this claim will be addressed by court litigation. We will be having further conversations with this attorney in the near term. It is critical that none of us have any contact with Bill or his family, or their attorney, or anyone outside the ARRL's official family. Please note that e-mail correspondence is subject to discovery processes, so please do not discuss Bill's accident or any of the circumstances surrounding it with anyone, via e-mail or any written or recorded medium. Any information requests concerning this can be routed through my office which will protect the confidentiality of the communication by virtue of the attorney-client privilege. If you have had any written correspondence with Bill or any member of his family since Bill's accident (other than the cards we all signed at the Board Meeting just past) please let us have a copy of it (via my office) to forward to the insurance company-appointed attorney for ARRL. Thanks for your help with this. 73, Chris W3KD -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG