March 28, 2008

Mr. Michael Ray Walzel Stevens, Baldo & Freeman Fannin, Suite 700 Beaumont, TX 77701 Mr. P. Michael Jung Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. Main Street, Suite 4400 Dallas, TX 75202-3794 Mr. Rafael Edward Cruz Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 Mr. Mike A. Hatchell Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP Congress Avenue, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78701-4042 Mr. Andrew W. Schwartz Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C.

One Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102-0650 RE: Case Number: 06-0322 Court of Appeals Number: Trial Court Number: 04-20777 Style: OWENS & MINOR, INC. AND OWENS & MINOR MEDICAL, INC. v. ANSELL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC. AND BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY Dear Counsel: Today the Supreme Court of Texas delivered the enclosed opinions in the above-referenced cause. The Motion to Consolidate is denied.

Sincerely, [pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk Enclosure |cc:|Mr. Charles F. Fulbruge | | |III, Clerk |