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               IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                  OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO
     
     
     BERNARD KING,
                 Plaintiff,          Case No
            vs                      02 471310
     FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al
                 Defendants
     
     
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           Videotaped deposition of ALVIN SCHONFELD, 
     DO, called for examination under the Statute, 
     taken before me, Jill A Kulewsky, a Notary 
     Public in and for the State of Ohio, pursuant to 
     notice and stipulations of counsel, at the law 
     offices of Kelley & Ferraro, LLP, 1901 Penton 
     Media Building, Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, 
     March 13, 2003, at 1:10 pm
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 1   APPEARANCES:
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 3         On behalf of the Plaintiff:
 4               Kelley & Ferraro, LLP, by:
 5               ROBERT MARCIS, II, ESQ
 6               1901 Penton Media Building
 7               Cleveland, Ohio  44114
 8               (216) 575-0777
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11         On behalf of the Defendants:
12               Rademaker, Matty, McClelland & 
13               Greve, by:
14               KIRK R HENRIKSON, ESQ
15               55 Public Square
16               Suite 1775
17               Cleveland, Ohio  44113
18               (216) 621-6570
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21   ALSO PRESENT:
22               Kevin Shahan, Videographer
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 2               (Thereupon, Plaintiff's Deposition 
 3               Exhibits 1 through 5 were marked for 
 4               purposes of identification)
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 6               THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  On the record 
 7               ALVIN SCHONFELD, DO, of lawful 
 8   age, called for examination, as provided by the 
 9   Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, being by me 
10   first duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, 
11   deposed and said as follows:
12     DIRECT EXAMINATION OF ALVIN SCHONFELD, DO
13   BY MR MARCIS:  
14         Q    Good afternoon, doctor
15         A    Hi
16         Q    Could you please introduce yourself 
17   to the jury?
18         A    Sure  My name is Alvin Schonfeld, 
19   I'm a physician, I specialize in diseases of 
20   the lung
21         Q    And how long have you been a 
22   doctor?
23         A    I graduated medical school in 1972, 
24   so it would be something just over 30 years
25         Q    And could you briefly tell the jury 

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 1   about your educational background?
 2         A    Sure  I graduated from Shaker 
 3   Heights High School in 1964, and I then went to 
 4   the University of Pittsburgh, graduated with a 
 5   Bachelor of Science Degree in 1968, and then 
 6   went to the Chicago College of Osteopathic 
 7   Medicine where I received the degree of Doctor 
 8   of Osteopathic Medicine in 1972
 9               I then went into the Army Medical 
10   Corps for seven years  I did an internship in 
11   internal medicine at Letterman Army Medical 
12   Center in San Francisco, I did a residency in 
13   internal medicine at Tripler Army Medical 
14   Center in Honolulu, and a fellowship in 
15   pulmonary lung disease at Brooke Army Medical 
16   Center in San Antonio
17         Q    And, doctor, are you licensed to 
18   practice medicine in the State of Ohio?
19         A    Yes, I am
20         Q    And are you board certified in any 
21   areas, doctor?
22         A    Yes  The jury should know we're 
23   looking at ice blowing by our window here, 
24   that's the noise you hear  I'm board certified 
25   both in internal medicine and pulmonary 

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 1   medicine
 2         Q    Doctor, can you explain what it 
 3   means to be board certified?
 4         A    Sure  When a doctor takes a 
 5   training program, there's a prescribed 
 6   curriculum  If you satisfactorily complete 
 7   that curriculum, then your program director 
 8   indicates that you're eligible to sit for an 
 9   examination  If you pass that examination, 
10   then you're called board certified 
11               The examination which is given is 
12   the same exam all over the country, the same 
13   day of the week, the same hour, so that 
14   everybody who has finished a similar training 
15   program is judged against each other  I was 
16   able to become board certified in both internal 
17   medicine and in pulmonary medicine
18         Q    Doctor, what is internal medicine?
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