Dow claimants - Forward this message to your Attorneys and to CAC

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Dow Corning claimants – Contact your /attorneys, and also the CAC, and ask them to make a Motion to get Judge Hood to Rule Dear fellow Dow Corning claimants: PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR ATTORNEYS AND ALSO TO THE CLAIMANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CAC) at info@... telling them that you want them to file a motions, as described in capital letters below. Almost two weeks ago, I have contacted some attorneys to rally interest in submitting a motion to Judge Hood requesting for her to make a

ruling, or else allow those of us whose claims are adversely affected by the lack of a ruling, to be placed on hold, if we choose for our own claim to wait for the judge to rule. I am still waiting for this to occur, and yet some attorneys are quite interested and in agreement with the idea of such a motion. JUDGE HOOD HAS NOT RULED ON ONE OF OUR MOTIONS ABOUT CLAIMS FOR TWO YEARS! For this

reason, you might want to contact your attorney if you are a claimant in the Dow Corning settlement who would be, in any way, adversely affected by having the following types of claims: OPTION 2 DISEASE CLAIM if your claim would be denied because of the bankruptcy "tolling" hindering the time in which your medical evidence must fall within the "24 month / 5 year" period (as described in the Settlement Agreement and as argued about in

the Pending Motions), listed below, by the Claimants Advisory Committee (CAC), or OPTION 1, LEVEL A DISABILITY if you believe it is unfair to require that you absolutely, must be so disabled that you are incapable of doing at least two of these self-care items - bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming and feeding herself. THESE CLAIMS ARE CONTINUALLY BEING PROCESSED BY THE DOW CORNING CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION TO OUR DISADVANTAGE, EVEN WHILE MOTIONS ARE PENDING BEFORE JUDGE HOOD IN PROTEST OF SUCH HARSH AND UNFAIR CLAIMS PROCESSING. Judge Hood has not ruled for TWO YEARS on the motions submitted to her on July 19, 2004! The Dow Corning Settlement Agreement indicates that the Judge should rule within 30 days on issues regarding the processing of claims, yet she has not ruled, allowing the claims to be processed as Dow Corning would want. Now we also have the motions pending regarding disability, level A where the last motion submitted was June 29, 2006 and we want her to rule on this as well. After all, it was marked for an "expedited ruling." As only a thought, the lack of a motion for two years on one of these issues, while the judge knows claims are being processed as Dow Corning wishes, could be interpreted to mean, in effect, that JUDGE HOOD HAS RULED BY NOT RULING. Technically, the lack of a ruling could be something to APPEAL because it did not occur within the required 30 days … one of them for so long, not for two years.... But, there is a better way to ASK the Judge to Rule now: BECAUSE THE CLAIMANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS NOT RECEIVED A RULING FOR TWO YEARS, IT SEEMS THAT WE NEED TO CONTACT OUR ATTORNEYS, AS I HAVE DONE, AND ASK THEM TO FILE THEIR OWN MOTIONS REGARDING THEIR DOW CLAIMANTS, OR, ASK OUR ATTORNEYS TO ASK THE CLAIMANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO FILE A MOTION ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US. THIS MOTION WOULD, OF COURSE, BRING UP THE ISSUE OF HOW MUCH TIME HAS ELAPSED ON BOTH MOTIONS AND ASK FOR AN IMMEDIATE RULING. BUT, PARTICULARLY, THIS MOTION SHOULD INCLUDE AN OPTION IF THE JUDGE DETERMINES THAT SHE WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY RULE ON BOTH MATTERS, THEN SHE WOULD MAKE AN ORDER TO, AT LEAST, PROVIDE THAT ALL CLAIMS, WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THESE MOTIONS SHALL BE HELD IN ABEYANCE/SUSPENDED AS LONG AS THE CLAIMANT WISHES TO WAIT FOR THE RULING REGARDING HER DESIRED DISEASE CATEGORY. THIS MOTION SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A REQUEST THAT THE JUDGE ALLOW RECONSIDERATION ON ALL CLAIMS, WHICH WERE PROCESSED ADVERSELY IN THESE TWO CATEGORIES. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEYS, FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO THEM, and ask them to press for such a motion to be submitted asking for an immediate ruling on these motions, or that the Dow Corning Claims Administration must suspend any claims where the claimant wishes to wait

for ruling on the particular affected categories. Please take action with your attorneys, but if you want to contact anyone about this message or the letter/petition to Judge Hood, write Mira -- mirabai@...