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IN THE b~ITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MARGARITA PEREZ, SANDRA GARCIA, AND CYNTHIA SANCHEZ, AS INDIVIDUALS, HEIRS AT LAW, STATUTORY BENEFICIARIES, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF GONZALO G. GARCIA, DECEASED, Plaintiffs, VS. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C.; BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, LTD.; BATUS HOLDINGS, INC.; PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; R JR NABISCO, INC.; LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY; LOEWS CORPORATION; UST, INC.; UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY; HILL & IGNOWLTON, INC.; THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH -- U.S.A., INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY RESEARCH COMMITTEE; THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC.; SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, P.C.; JESUS RAMOS D/B/A OR A/K/A THE PONDEROSA DRIVE-IN; JESUS RAMOS, JR. D/B/A OR A/K/A THE PONDEROSA DRIVE-IN; AND AARON SILVA D/B/A OR A/K/A AARON'S DRIVE-IN CIVIL ACTION NO. C-97-070 JURY TRIAL Defendants. 322089260

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that true and correct copies of British-American Tobacco Company Limited's Answer to Plaintiffs' Original Petition have been provided to all counsel of record by Federal Express or United States Mail on this 12th day of February', 1997. Paul L. Smith, Esq. PAUL L. SMITH & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 8150 North Central Expressway 745 Campbell Centre I1, LB 48 Dallas, Texas 75206 William Edwards, Sr., Esq. EDWARDS, TERRY, BAIAMONTE & EDWARDS 802 North Carancahua P.O. Drawer 480 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Joe Mike Pena, Esq. P.O. Box 1061 San Diego, Texas 78384 Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS Tony Canales, Esq. CANALES & SIMONSON, P.C. 2601 Morgan Avenue P.O. Box 5624 Corpus Christi, TX 78465-5624 John Pinckney, III, Esq. WELLS, PINCKNEY & McHUGH 800 One Alamo Center 106 S. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, TX 78205-3603 322089261

Joseph F. Tringali, Esq. Gerald E. Hawxhurst, Esq. SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for Defendant B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C. and BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED Darrell Barger, Esq. BARGER & MOSS, L.L.P. One Shoreline Plaza Suite 2000 North Tower Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Steven E. Scheve, Esq. SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Texas Commerce Tower, Suite 2000 600 Travis Houston, TX 77002-2912 Attorneys for Defendant PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED Walter Cofer, Esq. SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. One Kansas City Place 1200 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64105-2118 Attorney for Defendants LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, LOEWS CORPORATION and PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES Paul Stallings, Esq. VINSON & ELKINS, L.L.P. 2300 First City Tower 1001 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77002-6760 Attorney for Defendants BATUS HOLDINGS, INC. and BROWN & WILLIAMSON (Individually And As Successor By Merger To THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY) 322089262

Morris Atlas, Esq. ATLAS & HALL, L.L.P. 818 Pecan Blvd. McAllen, TX 78501 William Marple, Esq. JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE 2300 Trammel Crow Center 2001 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75201 Attorneys for Defendant R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Tom Lockhart, Esq. ADAMS & GRAHAM, L.L.P. 222 East Van Buren, West Tower P.O. Box 1429 Harlingen, TX 78550 Attorney for Defendants UST, INC. and UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY William Key Wilde, Esq. BRACEWELL & PATTERSON, L.L.P. South Tower Penzoil Ptace 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900 Houston, TX 77002-2781 Attorney for Defendant THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH-U.S.A. INC. (Individually And As Successor To THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY RESEARCH COMMITTEE) Lea Courington, Esq. GWINN & ROBY, L.L.P. 4100 Renaissance Tower 1201 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75270 Attorney for Defendant THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC. Winford L. Dunn, Jr., Esq. 322089263

DUNN, NgSTTER, MORGAN & SHAW State Line Plaza, Box 8030 Texarkana, TX 71854-59,15 Bruce Ginsberg, Esq. DAVIS & GILBERT i 740 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Attorney for Defendant HILL & KNOWLTON, INC. Morris Atlas, Esq. ATLAS & HALL, L.L.P. 818 Pecan Blvd. McAIlen, TX 78501 D. Scott Wise, Esq. DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL 450 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10017 Attorney for Defendant R JR NABISCO Michael S. Sundermeyer, Esq. WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY 725 Twelfth Street Washington, D.C. 20005 Attorney for Defendant SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, P.C. 322089264