IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HANCOCK COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
   
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   EDMUND P. GRACE,             ) CIVIL ACTION NO.
                                )    99-C-236
               Plaintiff,       )
                                ) Deposition of:
                                ) DANIEL R. AERNI, P.E.
       vs.                      )
                                ) Deposition Date:
   DAVID LEE POPISH and         ) June 20, 2002
   CITY OF WEIRTON, a           )
   Municipal corporation,       ) COUNSEL PRESENT:
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               Defendants.      ) Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Esq.
                                ) FITZSIMMONS LAW OFFICES
                                ) 1609 Warwood Avenue
                                ) Wheeling, WV  26003
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                                ) Leonard J. Tost, Esq.
                                ) 3545 Pennsylvania Avenue
                                ) Weirton, WV  26062
                                )
                                ) Mark A. Kepple, Esq.
                                ) BAILEY & WYANT, P.L.L.C.
                                ) 1219 Chapline Street
                                ) Wheeling, WV  26003
   
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 1        Deposition of DANIEL R. AERNI, P.E., a witness
 2  herein, called to testify, taken pursuant to the
 3  West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure by and before
 4  Stacie R. Fouty, a Court Reporter and a Notary Public in
 5  and for the State of West Virginia, at the law offices of
 6  Bailey & Wyant, P.L.L.C., 1219 Chapline Street, Wheeling,
 7  West Virginia  26003, on Thursday, June 20, 2002, at
 8  2:40 p.m.
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 2 WITNESS:                                     PAGE:
   
 3 DANIEL R. AERNI, P.E.
   
 4 EXAMINATION - BY MR. FITZSIMMONS                4
   
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 6                       E X H I B I T S
   
 7 EXHIBITS:                                    MARKED:
   
 8 EXHIBIT NO. 1                                  55
   
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 1        (Whereupon, the deposition of DANIEL R. AERNI, P.E.,
 2  began at 2:40 p.m.)