Opinion

March 10, 2006

Mr. Brendan K. McBride

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young

10101 Reunion Place, Suite 600

San Antonio, TX 78216

Mr. Thomas H. Crofts Jr.

Crofts & Callaway

4040 Broadway, Suite 525

San Antonio, TX 78209

Mr. Ricardo G. Cedillo

Davis Cedillo & Mendoza

755 E. Mulberry Ave., Suite 500

San Antonio, TX 78212-3135

Mr. Harvey G. Brown Jr.

Wright Brown & Close

Three Riverway Plaza, Suite 600

Houston, TX 77056

Mr. David E. Keltner

Jose Henry Brantley & Keltner

675 North Henderson St.

Fort Worth, TX 76107

Mr. Michael A. Caddell

Caddell & Chapman

1331 Lamar, Suite 1070

Houston, TX 77010-3027

Mr. Ezequiel Reyna Jr.

Law Offices of Ezequiel Reyna, Jr.

702 W. Expressway 83, Suite 100

Weslaco, TX 78596

RE: Case Number: 03-0914

Court of Appeals Number: 04-01-00554-CV

Trial Court Number: 1999-CI-14064

Style: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY AND HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, INC.

v.

VICTOR MANUEL VASQUEZ, AND BRENDA SUAREZ VASQUEZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON

BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF ALYSSA AMBER VASQUEZ

Dear Counsel:

Today the Supreme Court of Texas (Chief Justice Jefferson and Justice

Green not sitting)

delivered the enclosed opinions and judgment in the above-referenced cause.

Justice Bland and Chief Justice Cayce sitting by commission of Honorable

Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, pursuant to Section 22.005 of the Texas

Government Code.

Sincerely,

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Andrew Weber, Clerk

by Gena Pelham, Deputy Clerk

Enclosures

|cc:|Ms. Margaret G. |

| |Montemayor |

| |Mr. Dan Crutchfield |

| |Mr. Vincent S. |

| |Walkowiak |

| |Mr. Brent M. Rosenthal |

| |Mr. G. Alan Waldrop |