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                        IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                         FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

                                 EASTERN DIVISION





                 MAYFIELD ENGINEERING, INC,

                             Plaintiff,

                       vs                            Case No

                 THE OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION,        1:96CV2450

                             Defendant



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                             Deposition of JOHN F BURKE, JR,

                 PhD, called for examination under the

                 Applicable Rules of Federal Civil Procedure,

                 taken before me, Michele E Eddy, a Registered

                 Professional Reporter and a Notary Public in and

                 for the State of Ohio, pursuant to notice and

                 stipulations of counsel, at the offices of

                 Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, 1700 Huntington

                 Building, Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, June 1,

                 2000, at 9:30 o'clock am

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                 APPEARANCES:



                       On behalf of the Plaintiff:

                             McDonald, Hopkins, Burke &

                             Haber Co, LPA, by

                             DOUGLAS B SCHNEE, ESQ

                             2100 Bank One Center

                             Cleveland, Ohio  44114

                             (216) 348-5720



                       On behalf of the Defendant:

                             Porter, Wright, Morris &

                             Arthur, LLP, by

                             RALPH STREZA, ESQ

                             1700 Huntington Building

                             Cleveland, Ohio  44115

                             (216) 443-2510

                                  and

                             Ohio Turnpike Commission, by

                             THOMAS S AMATO, ESQ

                             682 Prospect Street

                             Berea, Ohio  44017

                             (440) 234-2081

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            1    APPEARANCES, Continued:

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            3    ALSO PRESENT:

            4                John Mitchell

            5                Matt Rechner

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            1                JOHN F BURKE, JR, PhD, of

            2    lawful age, called for examination, as provided

            3    by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, being

            4    by me first duly sworn, as hereinafter

            5    certified, deposed and said as follows:

            6        EXAMINATION OF JOHN F BURKE, JR, PhD

            7    BY MR AMATO:

            8          Q    My name is Tom Amato

            9          A    Good morning

           10          Q    I am the attorney for the Ohio

           11    Turnpike Commission, and today we are here

           12    joined by Mr Streza and Mr Mitchell  Mr

           13    Streza is a lawyer here at Porter, Wright also

           14    representing the Ohio Turnpike  Mr Mitchell

           15    is a representative of the turnpike

           16          A    Yes, sir

           17          Q    I'm going to be asking you

           18    questions today about your role as an expert in

           19    this case  And I asked you off the record

           20    before, I'll ask you now on the record, did you

           21    bring any of your file with you today?

           22          A    Just my reports

           23          Q    You are familiar with the

           24    deposition process, I take it?

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            1          Q    How many depositions have you given

            2    in the last year would you say?

            3          A    I think in 1999 I testified 102

            4    occasions  I'm going to guess 60 percent of

            5    them were deposition

            6          Q    And the other 40 percent were at

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