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                              IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

                             JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA





                 DONNA RUTH DAVIS,

                              Plaintiff,

                     vs.                          Civil Action No.

                 GARDENDALE HEALTH CARE           CV-98-7406

                 CENTER, INC., et al.,

                              Defendants.





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                             Deposition of EMIL S. DICKSTEIN,

                 M.D., called for examination, taken before me,

                 Carina C. Meszaros, a Registered Merit

                 Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State

                 of Ohio, pursuant to notice and stipulations, at

                 the offices of Emil S. Dickstein, M.D., 20

                 Ohltown Road, Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday,

                 August 21, 2001, at 4:42 o'clock p.m.

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                 APPEARANCES:



                       On behalf of the Plaintiff:

                             Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin,

                             Portis & Miles, P.C., by

                             BENJAMIN E. BAKER, JR., ESQ.

                             218 Commerce Street

                             PO Box 4160

                             Montgomery, Alabama  36103-4160

                             (334) 269-2343



                       On behalf of the Defendants:

                             Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, by

                             PHILIP R. COLLINS, ESQ.

                             800 Regions Bank Building

                             417 North Twentieth Street

                             Birmingham, Alabama  35203

                             (205) 251-1193

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            1                (Thereupon, Defendants' Deposition

            2                Exhibit 1 was marked for purposes

            3                of identification.)

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            5            EMIL S. DICKSTEIN, M.D., of lawful age,

            6    ca