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                       IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CATOOSA COUNTY

                                   STATE OF GEORGIA





                 BOBBIE FAY CHAUNCEY, et al.

                              Plaintiffs,

                     vs.                          Civil Action No.

                 UHS/PRUITT CORPORATION,          99-CV-01155

                 et al.,

                             Defendants.

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                             Deposition of ALAN JAY LERNER, M.D.,

                 called for examination under the statute, taken

                 before me, Carina C. Meszaros, a Registered Merit

                 Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State

                 of Ohio, by agreement of counsel, at University

                 Hospitals, 12200 Fairhill Road, Cleveland, Ohio,

                 on Monday, July 31, 2000, at 1:04 o'clock p.m.

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                 APPEARANCES:



                       On behalf of the Plaintiffs:

                             Watkins, Lourie & Roll, by

                             LANCE D. LOURIE, ESQ.

                             Tower Place 200

                             3348 Peachtree Road, Suite 1050

                             Atlanta, Georgia  30326

                             (404) 760-7403

                                   and

                             Kennedy, Koontz & Farinash, by

                             JAMES W. CLEMENTS, III, ESQ.

                             320 North Holtzclaw Avenue

                             Chattanooga, Tennessee  37404

                             (423) 622-4535



                       On behalf of the Defendants:

                             Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins,

                             Gunn & Dial, by

                             CAROL P. MICHEL, ESQ.

                             999 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 2700

                             Atlanta, Georgia  30309

                             (404) 876-2700

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            1                MR. LOURIE:  This will be the

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