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                                   IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                             FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                       CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                     WILLIAM A. GRANGER         : JULY TERM, 2001
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                             VS.                :
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                     KENNETH C. FORDHAM, D.D.S., :
         9           COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN    :
                     MEDICINE AND CRAIG         :
        10           ISRAELITE, M.D.            : NO. 3162

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        12                               JUNE 15, 2004
                                     COURTROOM 453, CITY HALL
        13                          PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                     BEFORE:  N.I. QUINONES ALEJANDRO
        16                               AND A JURY

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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        23                        OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                  COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                     APPEARANCES:
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         4                        MC CARTHY & MC CARTHY, L.L.C.
                                  BY:  JAMES J. MC CARTHY, ESQUIRE
         5                        COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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         7                        PLAKINS, RIEFFEL & RAY, P.C.
                                  BY:  LOUIS A. RIEFFEL, ESQUIRE
         8                        FOR DR. FORDHAM

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        10                        NAULTY, SCARICAMAZZA & MC DEVITT
                                  BY:  THOMAS M. SAVON, ESQUIRE
        11                        COUNSEL FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
                                  IN MEDICINE
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                                  O'BRIEN & RYAN, L.L.P.
        14                        BY:  DANIEL F. RYAN, III
                                  COUNSEL FOR DR. ISRAELITE
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        23                        GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                                  OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                     DR. AMITA DESAI       4       9       32         37
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         2                              THE COURT:  THANK YOU, SIR.

         3                  YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

         4                        (THE WITNESS WAS EXCUSED.)

         5                              THE COURT:  YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

         6                              MR. MC CARTHY:  IT'S DR. DESAI.

         7                  I BELIEVE SHE IS SITTING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE

         8                  COURTROOM.  SHOULD I GO GET HER?

         9                              THE COURT:  GIL WILL GET HER

        10                  FOR YOU.

        11                              COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

        12                  NAME FOR THE RECORD.

        13                              THE WITNESS:  AMITA J. DESAI.

        14                              COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        15                  HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        16                        DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        17                  TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        18                  TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        19                  SO HELP YOU GOD?

        20                              THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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