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                 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                  OF MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
     
     
     ETHEL R. PALGUTA, 
                 Plaintiff,               Case No.
           vs.                            00CV02579 
     EDWARD J. MILLER, M.D., 
     et al.,                    
                 Defendants.
     
     
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                 Telephonic deposition of MEADE A. 
     PERLMAN, M.D. called for examination under the 
     statute, taken before me, Donnalee Cotone, a 
     Registered Professional Reporter and Notary 
     Public in and for the State of Ohio, pursuant to 
     notice and stipulations of counsel at the offices 
     of Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, 1700 
     One Cleveland Center, 1375 East Ninth Street, 
     Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, June 13, 2003 at 3:29 
     o'clock p.m.
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 1   APPEARANCES:
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 3         On behalf of the Plaintiff:
 4         (Via Telephonically.)  
 5               Spangenberg, Shibley &
 6               Liber, by
 7               MARY A. CAVANAUGH, ESQ.       
 8               2400 National City Center          
 9               1900 East Ninth Street
10               Cleveland, Ohio  44114-3400
11               (216) 696-3232
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13         On behalf of the Defendants:
14         (Via Telephonically.)
15               Buckingham, Doolittle & 
16               Burroughs, LLP, by       
17               STEPHEN P. GRIFFIN, ESQ.
18               4518 Fulton Drive, NW
19               P.O. BOX 35548  
20               Canton, Ohio  44735-5548
21               (330) 492-8717
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 1               MS. CAVANAUGH:  Can we just note on 
 2   the record that the parties have agreed to 
 3   conduct this deposition by telephone with the 
 4   court reporter located in the Cleveland office?  
 5               MR. GRIFFIN:  Yes.  Can you hear us 
 6   okay?
 7               (Discussion had off the record.)   
 8               MEADE A. PERLMAN, M.D., of lawful 
 9   age, called for examination, as provided by the 
10   Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, being by me 
11   first duly sworn, as hereinafter certifie