IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  ESTATE OF JOSEPH SAGGESE       : OCTOBER 1998
                  BY ADMINISTRATRIX LISA SAGGESE
                  AND LISA SAGGESE AND THOMAS
                  FUHRMEISTER, H/W

                      VS.

                  DAVID DZURINKO, M.D.           :  NO. 1084

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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      JANUARY 19, 2001

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE
                                         AND A JURY

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                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R., OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                                    100 S. BROAD STREET
                                        SECOND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056

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                  APPEARANCES:




                               BY: SALVATORE J. CUCINOTTA, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS




                               LAW FIRM: KENT AND MC BRIDE, P.C.
                               BY:  JAMES L. MOORE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT




















                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                                    100 S. BROAD STREET
                                        SECOND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056

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