SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                    COUNTY OF ORANGE, CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER

            
            
            MARILYN TWITCHELL,          )
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                     Plaintiff,         )
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                 vs.                    )      No. 03CC15138
                                        )
            PROMONTORY POINT VILLA      )
            APARTMENTS; IRVINE          )
            APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, LP,  )
            IRVINE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT )
            COMPANY, and DOES 1 through )
            100, inclusive,             )
                                        )
                     Defendants.        )
            ____________________________)
            
            
            
            
                 
            
            
                     DEPOSITION OF LAKSHMI S. SHUKLA, M.D.

                           Newport Beach, California

                          Thursday, October 28, 2004

            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            Reported by:
            SHARON K. CLOSSON
            CSR No. 5339
            JOB No. 624769 
            

         1         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

         2         COUNTY OF ORANGE, CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER

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         4  MARILYN TWITCHELL,          )
                                        )
         5           Plaintiff,         )
                                        )
         6       vs.                    )      No. 03CC15138
                                        )
         7  PROMONTORY POINT VILLA      )
            APARTMENTS; IRVINE          )
         8  APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, LP,  )
            IRVINE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT )
         9  COMPANY, and DOES 1 through )
            100, inclusive,             )
        10                              )
                     Defendants.        )
        11  ____________________________)
            
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        16            Deposition of LAKSHMI S. SHUKLA, M.D., 

        17       taken on behalf of Defendants, at One Hoag Drive, 

        18       Newport Beach, California, beginning at 12:49 p.m. 

        19       and ending at 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, October 28, 

        20       2004, before SHARON K. CLOSSON, Certified 

        21       Shorthand Reporter No. 5339.

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         1  APPEARANCES:
             
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            For Plaintiff:
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                 QUINTILONE & ASSOCIATES
         4       BY:  RICHARD E. QUINTILONE II
                 Attorney at Law
         5       15 Studebaker, Suite 100
                 Irvine, California 92618-2013
         6       (949) 458-9675
            
         7  For Defendants Irvine Apartment Communities, LP, and 
            The Irvine Company Apartment Communities, Inc., formerly 
         8  known as Irvine Apartment Management Company:
            
         9       SMITH & SUSSON, LLP
                 BY:  LINDA J. BURDEN
        10       Attorney at Law
                 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 100
        11       Newport Beach, California 92660
                 (949) 706-1776
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                 KLINEDINST, FLIEHMAN & McKILLOP, P.C.
        13       BY:  BONNIE L. LUTZ
                 Attorney at Law
        14       4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 675 
                 Santa Ana, California 92707
        15       (714) 542-1800
            
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         1                           INDEX

         2  WITNESS                                      EXAMINATION
            
         3  LAKSHMI S. SHUKLA, M.D.    
            
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         5             BY MS. LUTZ                                5
                             
         6             BY MR. QUINTILONE                         68           
            
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         9                         EXHIBITS
            
        10  DEFENDANTS'                                         PAGE