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CAUSE NO. 4886*RM98 BONNIE CAMPBELL; THOMAS KARRY HALL; JERRY DEAN HUFFMAN; JOSEPH ARNOLD MULLINS; CHESS WASHINGTON; AND ARNOLD WILEY WALDREP, PLAINTIFFS. VS. MONSANTO COMPANY, ET AL. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 149TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PHARMACIA CORPORATION'S, f/k/a MONSANTO COMPANY, CERTIFICATE OF WRITTEN DISCOVERY TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: Pharmacia Corporation, one of the Defendants in this matter, files this its Certificate of Written Discovery and does hereby certify that on August 31; 2000 Monsanto Company sent a copy of: - ' Defendant Monsanto Company's Supplemental Response to Plaitniffs' Request for Disclosure Under Rule 194 to Plaintiffs' counsel by certified mail/retum receipt requested and to all other known counsel of record by regular mail in the above-captioned case. Respectfully submitted, WOODARD, HALL & PRIMM, P.C. State Bar No. 03906700 G. Joe Ellis State Bar No. 06575050 Douglas B. Dougherty State Bar No. 06031650 Gregory M. Clark State Bar No. 04282350 7100 Chase Tower, 600 Travis St. Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 221-3800 Fax: (713) 224-3271 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT PHARMACIA CORPORATION 22454\92\150229 1 -2- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy ofthe above and foregoing has been duly served on all counsel of record by either certified mail, return receipt requested, or by regular mail on this day of August, 2000: Holly Huart Via Certified Stephanie Finch Mail/RRR D. LeAnne Jackson Baron & Budd The Centrum 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75219 Thomas Dougall Bowers, Orr & Dougall 1401 Main St., Suite 1100 P.O. Box 7307 Columbia, SC 29202 D. Ferguson McNiel Vinson & Elkins 230,0'First'City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77002 Gary Elliston Paul E. Hamilton Michael Rameriz William Fynes DeHay & Elliston 3500 NationsBank Plaza 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202 Frank G. Harmon, III Crain, Caton & James 3300 Two Houston Center 909 Fannin, 33rd Floor Houston, TX 77010 Jim Harris Harris & Lively 550 Fannin Street, Suite 845 P.O. Box 830 Beaumont, TX 77701 John L. Hill Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon 3300 Chase Tower, 600 Travis St. Houston, TX 77002 Michele Taylor Raymond T. Matthews Tekell, Book Matthews & Limmer 3600 Two Houston Center 909 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77010 Gregory M. Sullivan Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton 700 Louisiana, Suite 1900 Houston, TX 77002 John T. Ward Kenneth Wall Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline 2727 Allen Parkway, Suite 1300 Houston, TX 77019 Lyn R. Stevens Stevens & Baldo Petroleum Tower, Suite 400 P.O. Drawer 4950 Beaumont, TX 77704 22454X92U 50229 1 -3- r Thomas Taylor Andrews & Kurth 4200 Chase Tower, 600 Travis St. Houston, TX 77002 Josephine H. Randall Godwin & Carlton 3300 NCNB Plaza 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202 James Riley, Jr. Coats, Rose, Yale, Holm, Ryman & Lee 800 First City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77002 Kenneth S. Wall Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline 6990 Portwest Dr. Ste 190 Houston, TX 77024 Lew'is C. Miltehberger Cordray, Goodrich & Miltenberger One Century Plaza 108 W. 18th Street, Suite 500 Forth Worth, Texas 76102 James Powers Powers & Frost 810 Two Houston Center 909 Fannin Houston, Texas 77010 Jeffery Mundy Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison 301 Congress, Suite 1200 Austin, Texas 78701 Clay M. White Sammons & Parker 11200 Westheimer, Suite 520 Houston, Texas 77042 R. Mark Willingham Fairchild, Price, Thomas, Haley & Willingham 440 Louisiana, Suite 2110 Houston, Texas 77002 Robert Bass Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy 1349 Empire Central, Suite 400 Dallas, Texas 75247 William A. Galerston Brown, Sims, Wise & White 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2100 Houston, Texas 77056-4496 Phil Brown Brinson Koffman Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker 5000 Renaissance Center 1201 Elm Street Dallas, Texas 75270 R. Bruce Hurley c/o Becky Klunkert, Paralegal Gardere & Wynne 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000 Dallas, Texas 75201-4761 David M. Taylor Kevin B. Brown Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons 200 Crescent Court, Eleventh Floor Dallas, Texas 75201 Debra S. Fitzgerald Crouch & Perrin 717 North Harwood St., Suite 1400 Dallas, Texas 75201 22454\92\ 150229_ l -4- CAUSE NO. 4886*RM98 BONNIE CAMPBELL; THOMAS KARRY HALL; JERRY DEAN HUFFMAN; JOSEPH ARNOLD MULLINS; CHESS WASHINGTON; AND ARNOLD WILEY WALDREP, PLAINTIFFS. VS. MONSANTO COMPANY, ET AL. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 149TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEFENDANT MONSANTO COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 194 TO: Plaintiffs, by and through their attorneys of record, Stephanie Finch and Holly Huart of BARON & BUDD, The Centrum, 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75219. Pursuant to Tex. R. Civ. P. 194, Defendant Monsanto Company ("Monsanto") serves this Supplemental Response to Plaintiffs' Request for Disclosure herein, and supplements same as follows: (f) Testifying expert witness information. Supplemental Answer: Monsanto hereby supplements the information previously provided by supplying Exhibit "A" attached hereto which is a copy of a report by Dr. Robert M. Ross, M.D. 22454M11M48051 I Respectfully submitted, WOODARD, HALL & PRIMM, P.C. By: State Bar No. 03906700 G. Joe Ellis State Bar No. 06575050 Douglas B. Dougherty State Bar No. 06031650 Gregory M. Clark State Bar No. 04282350 7100 Chase Tower, 600 Travis St. Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713)221-3800 Fax: (713) 224-3271 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT MONSANTO COMPANY 22454V111V14805I I -2- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy ofthe above and foregoing has been duly served on Plaintiffs' counsel by certified mail/retum receipt requested and to all other known counsel by regular mail on this %( ^-day ofJaae, 2000. Stephanie Finch Holly Huart Baron & Budd 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, Texas 75219 James H. Powers Roberts, Markel, et al 24 Greenway Plaza Suite 1010 Houston, Texas 77046 Kathryn Hermes Hermes, Patterson P. O. Box 1078 Dallas, Texas 75221 John L, Hill Liddell, Sapp 3300 Texas Commerce Tower Houston, Texas 77002 Robert Larry Adams Dunn, Kacal, et al. 2929 Allen Parkway, Suite 2600 Houston, TX 77019 Mel D. Bailey DeHay & Elliston 3500 Bank of America Plaza 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202 Laura Sanders Brown Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy 188 East Capitol Street Jackson, MS 39225-2608 Thomas F. Dougall _.B.awers Orr-& Dougall, L.L.P. Suite 400 8910 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC 29224 Gregory M. Sullivan Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P. 700 Louisiana, Suite 1900 Houston, Texas 77002 Thomas W. Taylor Andrews & Kurth 4200 Texas Commerce Tower Houston, Texas 77002 David M. Taylor Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. 200 Crescent Court, 11th Floor Dallas, Texas 75201 Gary D. Elliston DeHay & Elliston 3500 Bank of America Plaza 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202 Debra S. Fitzgerald Crouch & Hallett 1400 Maxus Energy Tower 717 North Harwood Dallas, TX 75201 James T. Foley -3- 22454M 11M48051_1 Foley & Colley, P.C. 404 First Place Tyler, TX 75702 Paul E. Hanson Kirkley, Schmidt & Cotten 301 Commerce Street, Suite 2700 Ft. Worth, TX 76102 Raymond P. Harris, Jr. Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schachter 600 North Pearl Street, LB 133 Dallas, TX 75201 Susan M. Hull Jenkins & Gilchrist 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200 Dallas, TX 75202-2711 Lewis C. Miltenberger Jeffery Mundy Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1200 Austin, TX 78701 E. Russell Nunnally Bell, Nunnally & Martin, P.L.L.C. 1400 One McKinney Plaza 3232 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75204-2429 W. Neil Rambin Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. 901 Main Street, Suite 4300 Dallas, TX 75202 Todd N. Wade Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, L.L.P. 1300 Wortham Tower 2727 Allen Parkway Houston, TX 77019-2100 Clay M. White Sammons & Parker 11200 Westheimer, Suite 520 Houston, TX 77042 R. Mark Willingham - Fairchild, Price, Thomas, et al. The Lyric Centre 440 Louisiana, Suite 2110 Houston, TX 77002 Edward M. Carstarphen 22454M11U48051_l -4- ROBERT M. ROSS, M.D. FCCP 6550 Fannin, Suite 2403 Texas Medical Center Houston, TX 77030 Board Certified Pulmonary Diseases Board Certified Internal Medicine Occupational and Environmental Lunjj Diesases NIOSH Certified B-Reader Tel: (713) 383-6100 Fax: (713) 383-6103 Mr. Edward Carstarphen Woodard, Hall & Primm, PC 7100 Chase Tower 600 Travis Houston, Texas 77702 August 28, 2000 Re: Mr. Thomas K. Hall DOB: 07/14/30 SS#: 422-36-2046 D/E: August 23, 2000 Dear Mr. Carstarphen, I reviewed this 70-year-old man for independent medical evaluation regarding asbestos exposure. Mr. Hall is from Lake Jackson, Texas. From 1947 through 1962, he was a roughneck in the oil field industry. From 1962 to 1975, he worked in the construction industry as a painter/sandblaster. During that time he did a lot of sandblasting and generally wore a desert hood. He retired in 1975. Although he did not use asbestos products himself to his knowledge, he was in close proximity to people using them. He smokes and has since 1955 estimating on average a pack of cigarettes a day. (45 pack years) Mr. Hall has been troubled with shortness of breath on exertion, frequent cough and phlegm. He has noticed this problem over the last couple of years or so. He has never been told he has emphysema. He has no routine chest pain suggestive of angina. Page 2 Independent Medical Evaluation Mr. Thomas K. Hall August 28, 2000 He takes blood pressure medication. He has also been given breathing medicine but he does not use it. Past health: He has been generally in good health. He had back surgery in 1959. Otherwise he denies surgeries, hospitalizations, broken bones, pneumonias or chest injuries. Functional inquiry is otherwise unremarkable. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: He is a pleasant man in no acute distress. Height 5'10V2". Weight 160 lbs. B/P 164/88, heart rate 84, respiratory rate 20. Head and neck are unremarkable. The chest reveals decreased air entry. There are no rales, rhonchi or other adventitial sounds. Heart sounds SI, S2, no gallops or murmurs. Abdomen and extremities are unremarkable with no clubbing or edema. ...PULMONARY FUNCTION: Best-forced vital capacity is 3.69L(87%P), FEV1 is 1.93L(58%P) and FEV1/FVC ratio is 52%." There'was" an 8% improvement in FEV1 after bronchodilator. Diffusing capacity is 63%P. Digital oxygen saturation on room air is 95%. These findings are compatible with moderately severe airflow obstruction with a small degree of acute reversibility. There is no evidence of restriction. Diffusing capacity is mildly reduced suggesting emphysema. Oxygenation is adequate at rest on room air. RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION: Four-view chest x-ray reveals a normal heart size. The left hilum is somewhat full. There may be some calcification associated with it. The costophrenic angles are adequately preserved. There is no diffuse pleural thickening. There are no circumscribed pleural or diaphragmatic plaques, no calcification and no masses. The lung parenchymal markings are within normal limits. SUMMARY: This is a 70 year old long term smoker who has cough, phlegm and shortness of breath on exertion. His physical examination reveals reduced air entry in keeping with airflow obstruction. Pulmonary function confirms moderately severe airflow obstruction in keeping with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest x-ray shows possible mild enlargement of the left hilum. It is otherwise in keeping with COPD. Based upon this information, Mr. Hall does not have asbestosis nor any other asbestos related disease nor silicosis. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary Page 3 Independent Medical Evaluation Mr. Thomas K. Hall August 28, 2000 disease. He should discontinue smoking. He may benefit from bronchodilator therapy. Although the left hilar changes are probably related to previous granulomatous disease, he should have this further evaluated by his physician to rule out a malignancy. I discussed this with him. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know. Robert M. Ross, M.D. Respiratory Consultants of Houston Pulmonary Function Laboratory 6550 Fannin Street Suite 2403 Houston, TX 77030 713-790-6250 Pulmonary Function Report Last Name: Identification: Date of Birth: Height: Race: Physician: Pred. Module: Hall 422-36-2046 07/14/1930 70.5 inch Caucasian Dr. Ross RCH 2 First Name: Age: Weight: Sex: Operator: Thomas 70 Years 160 lbs male TRS Date Time 08/23/2000 08:53:05AM Spirometry FVC............ ....ffl FEV1.............. [Q FEV1 / FVC......... [%] FEF 50..... .....[1/s].. FEF 25-75......... P/s] PEF............ ...[l/s] FIVC........... ....P] PIF............. P/s] FET............ ... [s] Pred 4.25 3.35 4.15 3.31 8.39 4.25 PreBD 3.39 1.79 52.7 0.94 0.74 2.78 2.20 1.69 8.17 %Pred 80 53 23 ........ 22 33 52 Post BD 3.69 1.93 52.4 0.83 " 0.67 4.07 2.44 2.15 8.71 %Pred 87 58 20 20 49 57 %Chg 9 8 -1 -12 -8 47 11 27 7 Diffusion SB DLCOu SB....[ml/min/mmHg] VA................. [q DLCO/VA...[ml/min/mmHg/q V1N................ iq Pred Measured 26.43 16.52 5.44 3.91 3.04 4.25 2.74 %Pred 63 78 64 COMMENTS BP=164/88 HR=84 Resp=20 02Sat=95% Albuterol via nebulizer given, pt. tolerated well. Pt. clinically unable to plateau. Last Name: Hall Identification: 422-36-2046 First Name: Thomas Date of Birth: 07/14/1930 ROBERT M. ROSS, M.D. FCCP 6550 Fannin, Suite 2403 Texas Medical Center ^"Joiputauttoon, 1TX 77030 &r7/f& Board Certified Pulmonary Disease Board Certified Internal Medicine Occupational and Environmental Lung Dictates .a * NIOSH Certified BB--RReeaaddeerr DOB_____ ZL sss Tel: (713) 383-6100 Fax: (713) 383-6103 -36- ZZKtC I A. DATE/OF X-RAY IB. FILM QUALITY if not Gride 1 Gw RtJiOA: 91193 2A. ANY PARENCHYMAL ABNORMALITIES CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS? yes : 1C. IS FILM COMPLETELY NEGATIVE? yes0 s" Na Proceed to Section 2 COMPLETE 28 and 2C NO PROCEED TO SECTION 3 2B. SMALL OPACITIES a. SHAPE/SIZE PRIMARY SECONDARY ps B Et ru b. ZONES Ml 123X1 RL 3A. ANY PLEURAL ABNORMALITIES CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS? c. PROFUSION 2C. LARGE OPACITIES m 2y%/2i 2K/2 % %% size|>Ja|b1c | PROCEED TO SECTION 3 uYES COMPLETE 38. 3C and 3D NO PROCEED TO SECTION 4 3B. PLEURAL THICK ENT NC a. DIAPHRAGM (plaque) SITE to j R If b. COSTOPHRENIC ANGLE SITE roFTTl 3C. PLEURAL THICKENING ... Chest Wall a. CIRCUMSCRIBED (plaque) b. DIFFUSE SITE JN PROFILE i. WIDTH ii. EXTENT Tl 0 A M 8 C 0 l 23 "o' TT_- SITE 0A8 C 01 2 3 IN PROFILE i. WIDTH ii. EXTENT 0 R| 0A 8 C 0l 23 T TJ 0A8C 01 23 11FACE ON Li l 2 iii. EXTENT Li 23 FACE ON Gl [ iii. EXTENT 2 a l 1 2B 3D. PLEURAL CALCIFICATION SITE a. DIAPHRAGM . b. WALL ....... c. OTHER SITES EXTENT 0 1 / .\ 0 l 23 0 1 23 m EXTENT a. DIAPHRAGM . .. 0 l 2 3 b. WALL...................... c. OTHER SITES . . 0 1 23 0 1 23 PROCEED TO SECTION 4 4A. ANY OTHER ABNORMALITIES? yf.s COMPLETE 4B and 4C NO PROCEED TO SECTION S 4B, OTHER SYMBOLS (OBLIGATORY) BHT ax bu ca cn jeo cp cv di ef em es fr hi ho id ih kl pi px rp Report item> which may be of present clinical Mgniftcjnce in thi\ section ^(SPECIFY od.) | 00 Date Personal Physician notified? FILM READERS INITIALS DATE READ