SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

                      COUNTY OF ORANGE, CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER



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              FRANK BABAYI and NADIA BABAYI, )
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                                 Plaintiffs, )
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                      vs.                    ) Case No. 03CC03186
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              IVY HILL MAINTENANCE           )
              ASSOCIATION, et al.,           )
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                                Defendants.  )
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              AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS.     )
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                          DEPOSITION OF GEETA VENKAT, M.D.

                             MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA

                                   MAY 25, 2005












                    Reported by Sharon E. Gonzalez, CSR No. 4501
                              PRS Job No. 2-266006



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           1  Appearances:

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              For the Plaintiff:
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                            QUINTILONE & ASSOCIATES
           4                BY:  RICHARD E. QUINTILONE II, ESQ.
                            15 Studebaker
           5                Suite 100
                            Irvine, California 92618-2013
           6                (949) 458-9675

           7  For V&M Restoration:

           8                FORD, WALKER, HAGGERTY & BEHAR, LLP
                            BY:  MAHYAR GHASSEMIAN, ESQ.
           9                One World Trade Center
                            Twenty-Seventh Floor
          10                Long Beach, California 90831-2700
                            (562) 983-2500
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              For Ivy Hill Association and Western Property
          12  Management:

          13                STAFFORD & ASSOCIATES
                            BY:  SUSAN B. JACKSON, ESQ.
          14                15 Enterprise
                            Suite 430
          15                Aliso Viejo, California 92656
                            (949) 362-1890
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                            - and -
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                            MUSICK, PEELER GARRETT, LLP
          18                BY:  JUAN A. TORRES, ESQ.
                            One Wilshire Boulevard
          19                Los Angeles, California 90017-3321
                            (213) 629-7873
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          21  For Carperal, Inc., dba A-1 Carpet Market:

          22                POOLE & SHAFFERY, LLP
                            BY:  JOHN F. GRANNIS, ESQ.
          23                27441 Tourney Road
                            Suite 280
          24                Valencia, California 91355
                            (661) 290-2991
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           1  For SPT Services, Inc., dba Servpro:

           2                STONE & HILES
                            BY:  PETER S. HONG, ESQ.
           3                10960 Wilshire Boulevard
                            Suite 1515
           4                Los Angeles, California 90024
                            (310) 473-5703
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          21             DEPOSITION OF GEETA VENKAT, M.D.,

          22  taken at 25950 Acero, Suite 345, Mission Viejo,

          23  California, at 3:15 p.m., before Sharon E. Gonzalez,

          24  CSR, Certified Shorthand Reporter, in and for the State

          25  of California.

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              WITNESS:  GEETA VENKAT, M.D.
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           4  EXAMINATION                                        PAGE

           5  By Ms. Ghassemian                                    6

           6  By Mr. Torres                                       49

           7  By Mr. Grannis                                      50

           8  By Mr. Hong                                         55

           9  FURTHER EXAMINATION

          10  By Mr. Grannis                                      72

          11  By Ms. Ghassemian