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 1          IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
 2             OF BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO
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 4   Joseph A. Baker,     
    et al.,              :
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         Plaintiffs,     :
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         vs.             : Case No. 00-CV-00095
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    Donald E. Giffen,    :
 8   et al., 
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 9        Defendants.      
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10        Videotaped deposition of LESLIE 
11   FRIEDMAN, M.D., a witness herein, called by 
12   the Defendants for direct examination under 
13   the statute, taken before me, Angela S. 
14   Carter, a Registered Professional Reporter 
15   and Notary Public in and for the State of 
16   Ohio, pursuant to notice and stipulations of 
17   counsel, at the offices of Leslie Friedman, 
18   M.D., 255 Taylor Station Road, Columbus, 
19   Ohio, on Thursday, August 9, 2001, at 4:20 
20   o'clock p.m. 
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 1   APPEARANCES:
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              Daseatt & Easterwood
 3             P.O. Box 388
              St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950
 4             By Mr. Terry Easterwood,
              (via telephone)
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                   On behalf of the Plaintiffs.
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              Day, Ketterer, Raley, 
 7             Wright & Rybolt
              300 Millennium Center
 8             200 Market Avenue, North
              Canton, Ohio 44701
 9             By Mr. James Blake,
10                  On behalf of the Defendants.
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    ALSO PRESENT:
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              Nathan Lehman, video technician
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 1                     Thursday Afternoon Session
 2                     August 9, 2001
 3                     4:20 o'clock p.m. 
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 5             It is stipulated by and between 
 6   counsel for the respective parties that the 
 7   deposition of LESLIE FRIEDMAN, M.D., a 
 8   witness herein, called by the Defendants for 
 9   direct-examination under the statute, may be 
10   taken at this time by the Notary, pursuant 
11   to notice and stipulations of counsel; that 
12   said deposition may be reduced to writing in 
13   stenotype by the Notary