FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 093

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 20th day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT DENIED :

97-CC- 2567 DONALD OUBRE, ET AL v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION (Parish of St. James)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED:

97-CC- 2573 JOHN ROBERT MARTZELL v. LAURA COLVIN MARTZELL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

On the 21st day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

97-C - 2376 G.N.B. INC. and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. RICHARD JONES