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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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         6        MARY PARKER AND EDWIN PARKER, H/W: JULY TERM, 1998

         7                 VS.

         8        HOWARD S. FREILICH, M.D.         : NO. 3532
                         AND
         9        NORTHEAST GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC.
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                                   JANUARY 3, 2001
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                                      VOLUME TWO
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                               COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        14                    PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        16            BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        19                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER

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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     BY:  J. CRAIG CURRIE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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         6                     KILCOYNE AND ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  KYLE N. THOMPSON, ESQUIRE
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT

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         2                              INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:
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                                    DIRECT   CROSS    REDIRECT  RECROSS
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                  STEPHEN GOLLOMP, M.D. 9     15        68         73
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                  D-1           C.V. OF DR. GOLLOMP           14
        11        D-2           REPORT OF DR. GOLLOMP         14

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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

         6               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  THE DEPOSITION OF

         8               DR. WIGGINS, THE PLAINTIFF'S EXPERT WHICH

         9               WAS TAKEN, I THINK, RIGHT AFTER THE CASE

        10               WAS CONTINUED BEFORE ME ON NOVEMBER 27,

        11               2000.  THE ISSUE INVOLVED YOUR

        12               CROSS-EXAMINATION, MR. THOMSPSON.  I THINK

        13               IT WAS MR. PITT THAT CONDUCTED IT.  IT

        14               WASN'T YOU ACTUALLY.

        15                           MR. THOMPSON:  IT WAS MR. PITT.

        16                           THE COURT:  RIGHT, RIGHT.

        17               DEALING WITH ASKING DR. WIGGINS DO YOU HAVE

        18               AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT MRS.

        19               PARKER'S BEHAVIOR WAS REASONABLE.  I THINK

        20               THAT'S INADMISSIBLE BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL,

        21               IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE PURPOSE OF

        22               THE REPORT.  SECONDLY, I DON'T THINK THERE

        23               IS AN ISSUE HERE OF CONTRIBUTORY

        24               NEGLIGENCE.  THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE.  I KNOW
 
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         1               THERE IS A VIGOROUS ISSUE HERE AS TO

         2               CAUSATION AND INJURIES.

         3                           MR. THOMPSON:  YOUR HONOR, I

         4               DISAGREE WITH THE ISSUE AS TO CONTRIBUTORY

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