IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

No. 04-0364

IN RE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD., ET AL.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

ORDERED:

1. Relator's emergency motion for stay, filed April 19, 2004, is granted. The order dated March 8, 2004, in Cause No. 2001-49363, styled Lexington Insurance Company v. Advanced Wirecloth, Inc., Environmental Procedures, Inc., Vincent D. Leone, Sr., Screen Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Tuboscope Vetco International, Inc., Tuboscope Vetco International, Ltd., Varco Canada, Ltd., Varco International, Inc., and Varco, L.P. v. Allianz International Insurance Company, Ltd., Et Al., in the 164th District Court of Harris County, Texas, is stayed pending further order of this Court.

2. The real parties in interest are requested to respond to relator's petition for writ of mandamus on or before 3:00 p.m., April 26, 2004.

Done at the City of Austin, this April 19, 2004. [pic] Andrew Weber, Clerk Supreme Court of Texas

By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk