In The Matter Of:
MICHELLE B URTCH v
PORT HURON HOSPITAL
STEVEN DONN, MD
March 23, 1998
HALL AND DEER
Legal Support Specialists
215 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI USA 48104
(800) 321-3904 FAX- (734) 769-2821
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Lawyer\'s Notes
hQ(\'HRiIF BURTCFI V
PORT HURON HOSPITAL
STEVEN DONN, MD
March 23,1998
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[3] STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ST CLAIR
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MICHELLE BURTCH, as Next
[5] Friend of ASHLEE NEDROW,
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[B] 96-003292-NH
PORT HURON HOSPITAL,
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Defendants 
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(71) DEPOSITION OF STEVEN DONN, MD
/t2j Taken ad the Offices W Half end Deer,
[13) 215 E Washington, Arm Arbor, Michigan,
[t41 on march 23,1998, commencing at or
[157 about 5:30 PM
[1b] APPEAflANGES :
7 For vhePla[mm:
[ie] MR SHEflWINSCHREIER
Sctveier & Weiss, PC
[i81 7000 N WooAwald Avenue, Suite 101
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
[20] (248) 548-4000
12ij For the Defendants :
[2zJ MR THOMAS M O\'LEARY
OLeary, O\'Leary, Jacobs, Matl9on 6 Perry
] 26777 Central Park Boulevard
SoNMield, Michigan 4876
1241 (248) 799-8260
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X47 REPORTED BY:
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(s] Amy Tobias Lenga, CSR-4625, RPR
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fiaJ STEVEN DONN, MD
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Ro7 EXHIBITS :
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[121 Donn Deposition Exhibit 1 3
p3l Dotm Deposilbn Exhibit 2 S
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11] AnnArbor, Michigan
m March 23,1998
pi At or about 5:30 pm
fai (Dorm Deposition Exhibit No  l marked for
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fel having fast been duly sworn or affirmed, was
R examined and testified as follows:
poi MR SCHREIER: Let the record reflect
fill that this is the discovery-0nty deposition of Dr
(1z] Steven Done taken pursuant to notice and
I,a7 stipulation and agreement of counsel
(,a1 EXAMINATION
(,s1 BY MR SCHREIER:
1161 D: Would you state your full name for the record 
p71 A: Steven Marls Donn, MD 
(ie1 D: Dr Done, I am going co show you what we have
l,q marked as your proposed Deposition Exhibit No I
Rot bearing a date of January 1, 1998 Is that a copy
C2+] of your current curriculum vitae?
fm A: Yes
Q: Are there any additional publications or
rzei presentations that you have made since this
x57 document was printed?
Page 4
(,f A: Yes 
D: Would any of your recent presentations or articles
Ia1 have anything to do with the subject matter of
Nl this particular case?
[q A: I don\'t think so
Q: When were you fast contacted about reviewing this
rn case? Do you have a letter?
fall MR O\'LEARY: I have secret stuff
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MR SCHREIER: Okay
MR O\'LEARY: First letter, which I
p2i am not going to let you see, is April 5,1996,
1,3) which 1 will tell you reflects a discussion
paI between my paralegal and Dr Done where he\'s
[,q agreed to review it 
jitsl D: And since that dme,April 5th of 1996, you have
[m received a slew of material, correct?
[,e] A: Yes, sir
(tel Q: Okay Can you identify for me what you have
W reviewed?
[zi7 A: Okay I\'ll just take these as they\'re stacked in
M front of me, so it\'s not necessarily in
1231 chronological order I have a set of records on
rza1 the child which include an admission to Port Huron
fzsi Hospital, partial admission of May 6th, 1991
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PORT HURON HOSPITAL
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Ill Neonatal admission of August 23rd to September
m 21st of 1990 Records from Port Huron Hospital
pi for January 8th, 1998The maternal records for
[a) the hospitalization referable to the labor and
[s7 delivery, including the electronic fecal heart
(s7 monitoring strips 
m Records from the Becker Orthopedics Clinic or
Is] Becker OrthopedicsTwo set of records from two
pl volumes of records from Children\'s Hospital of
pol Michigan, which include apparently three
[ l admissions and outpatient records Records from
(,z) the Woodlands Developmental Center Records from
(ia] Dr Nigro and the Michigan Institute for
114] Neurological Disorders Records from the
nil Children\'s Health Care Some pediatric records
[is] Q: Is that physicians in Port Huron?
[,n A: Yes, sirAnd records from Dr Phillip Hart and
l,el Michigan Pediatrics Surgery Several deposition
(,s1 transcripts Cheryl, C-h-e-ry4, Bauer,
Rod &a-uc-r, Mary Baron, &a-r-0-n; Sharon Kottos,
1z,) Ko-rtos; Paul Schul¢, S~c-h-u-l-t-z, MD;
1221 Linda Howard, Ho-w-a-rd-G-l~e-n-n; Kathleen M
rest Smith CandiceSueTemplin,T-e-m-pl-i-n, and
[za] Michelle Bunch Losoncy, Lo-s-o-n-c-y
[zs] Q: You also appear to have a single sheet of paper or
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[+l several sheets of paper dealing with some testing
[z1 that was done at University of Michigan?
pi A: Yes These are the same