January 30, 2009

Mr. Daryl L. Moore Daryl L. Moore, P.C. 1005 Heights Blvd. Houston, TX 77008

Mr. Gregory Wayne Marcum Kroger Myers Frisby 3100 Weslayan, Suite 300 Houston, TX 77027

Mr. Jason Todd Wagner Tribble, Ross & Wagner 3050 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1350 Houston, TX 77056

Mr. Kevin F. Risley Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. One Riverway, Suite 1600 Houston, TX 77056

Mr. R. Lyn Stevens Stevens Baldo Freeman & Lighty 550 Fannin Street, Suite 700 Beaumont, TX 77701

Mr. Richard C. Danysh Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 106 S. St. Mary's St., Suite 800 San Antonio, TX 78205-3603

Mr. Charles Stanton Perry Haynes and Boone, LLP 1 Houston Center 1221 McKinney Ste 2100 Houston, TX 77010 Mr. Tynan Buthod Baker & Botts, L.L.P. 910 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza Houston, TX 77002-4995

Mr. Wesley S. Alost Jones Carr McGoldrick LLP Mockingbird Station 5307 E. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 600 Dallas, TX 75206

Ms. Diana Panian Larson Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP 1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400 Houston, TX 77002-5007

Ms. Leslie M. Henry Adams and Reese LLP 1221 McKinney, Suite 4400 Houston, TX 77010

Ms. Rebecca M. Alcantar Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP 1201 Elm Street, Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75270

Ms. Stacy Kay Seidlitz Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee, P.C. 3 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2000 Houston, TX 77046

Mr. Clay M. White White-Shaver 205 W. Locust Street Tyler, TX 75702

Mr. Ricky A. Raven Thompson & Knight LLP 333 Clay, Ste. 3300 Houston, TX 77002

Mr. F. William Mahley Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. 1401 McKinney St., Suite 2200 Houston, TX 77010-4035

Mr. James Robert Wetwiska Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 1111 Louisiana 44th Fl. Houston, TX 77002

Mr. Jeffrey Roberts Allen Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, LLP 1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 300 Arlington, TX 76011

Mr. Michael L. Baker Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. 595 Orleans Street, Suite 1400 Beaumont, TX 77701-3255

Mr. Ralph F. Meyer 802 N. Carancahua, Suite 1300 Corpus Christi, TX 78470

Mr. Robert Phillip Scott Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P. 700 Louisiana, Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77002-2727

Ms. Cindy Bennett Smith Hill Finkel & King 602 Sawyer, Suite 450 Houston, TX 77007

Ms. Sharla J. Frost Powers & Frost, L.L.P. 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2400 Houston, TX 77010-2007

Ms. Susan Carstens Law Office of Susan Carstens 7500 San Felipe, Suite 780 Houston, TX 77063

Mr. Constantine Z. Pamphilis Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2200 Houston, TX 77002

Ms. Patrice Pujol Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy 1717 St. James Place, Ste. 600 Houston, TX 77056

Mr. Vic Houston Henry Henry Oddo Austin & Fletcher, P.C. 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2700 Dallas, TX 75201

Ms. Katheryne MarDock Weinstein Tippetts & Little LLP 7660 Woodway, Suite 500 Houston, TX 77063

Ms. Nancy Griffin Scates Germer Gertz Beaman & Brown, LLP 301 Congress Ave, Suite 1700 Austin, TX 78701

RE: Case Number: 08-0665 Court of Appeals Number: 09-08-00061-CV Trial Court Number: A070037-C

Style: JERRY DOWDY, SHIRLEY DOWDY, LEO SANDOVAL, BEATRICE SANDOVAL AND KAY MORRIS v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, ET AL.

Dear Counsel:

The Supreme Court of Texas today abated the petition for review filed in the above-referenced cause and issued the enclosed abatement order. Sincerely, [pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk

|cc:|Ms. Carol Anne Flores | | |Mr. M. C. Carrington | | |Ms. Rosalyn Renee Tippett | | |Mr. Brian Thomas Swift | | |Mr. William L. Powers | | |Mr. William Leonard | | |Mennucci | | |Mr. Larry D. Thompson | | |Mr. George P. Pappas | | |Mr. D. Allan Jones | | |Mr. Thomas W. Taylor | | |Mr. Stephen C. Dillard | | |Mr. Andre M. (Andy) Landry| | |III | | |Mr. Bryan D. Pollard | | |Mr. David W. Ledyard | | |Mr. Scott Allen Carlson | | |Mr. David Craig Landin | | |Ms. Christina Marie Putman| | | | | |Ms. Barbara Jane Barron | | |Ms. Sharon Kay Jackson | | |Wendell | | |Mr. Christopher Reed | | |Watkins |