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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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                  TERESA CARTER, AS THE        : AUGUST TERM, 1999
         7        REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE :
                  OF KATIE W. CARTER,          :
         8                           PLAINTIFF :
                             VS.               :
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                  PHILIP MORRIS, INC.,         :
        10                           DEFENDANT : NO. 4567

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        12                            JANUARY 22, 2003

        13                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                        VOLUME XIII
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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.
                  AND JURY
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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
        24                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
 

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                  APPEARANCES:
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         3                     GREITZER AND LOCKS
                               BY:  MARC P. WEINGARTEN, ESQUIRE
         4                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

         5                     SPOHRER, WILNER, MAXWELL &
                               MATTHEWS, PA.
         6                     BY:  NORWOOD S. WILNER, ESQUIRE
                                    HOWARD ACOSTA, ESQUIRE
         7                     FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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         9                     DECHERT LLP
                               BY:  ARTHUR NEWBOLD, ESQUIRE
        10                          STEPHEN J. MC CONNELL, ESQUIRE
                                    BRENNAN J. TORREGROSSA, ESQUIRE
        11                     FOR THE DEFENDANT

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