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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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                  PHILIP SCHULTZ                   : JUNE TERM, 2001
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                         VS.                       :
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                  PORT RICHMOND ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. :  NO. 000948
         9        PORT RICHMOND ASSOCIATES, INC.,  :
                  FOOD LINE MANAGEMENT, INC.       :
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                                       NOVEMBER 14, 2002
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                                       VOLUME THREE
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                                  COURTROOM 675, CITY HALL
        15                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE ARNOLD L. NEW,
        18                               AND A JURY

        19                       TESTIMONY OF IRENE MENDELSOHN

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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        23                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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         3                     BY:  TOM J. METTEE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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                               REGER AND RIZZO
         6                     BY:   LOUIS J. RIZZO, ESQUIRE
                               FOR PORT RICHMOND ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
         7                     PORT RICHMOND ASSOCIATES, INC.

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         9                     WEBER, GOLDSTEIN, GREENBERG AND GALLAGHER
                               BY:  JOHN P. COYLE, ESQUIRE
        10                     COUNSEL FOR FOODLINE MANAGEMENT, INC.

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         4         WITNESSES:
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         6          IRENE MENDELSOHN     4       8
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         1                       AFTERNOON_SESSION

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         4                    (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         5                 COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         6                               THE COURT:  COUNSEL, NEXT

         7                 WITNESS, PLEASE.

         8                               MR. RIZZO:  THANK YOU,

         9                 YOUR HONOR.  WE CALL IRENE MENDELSOHN.

        10                               COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR

        11                 FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

        12                               THE WITNESS:  IRENE C.

        13                 MENDELSOHN, 1226 WOODBINE AVENUE, PENN

        14                 VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 19072.

        15                               COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR

        16                 RIGHT HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        17                    DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        18                 TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        19                 TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS

        20                 COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

        21                          THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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         2       BY MR. RIZZO:

         3       Q.    GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS MENDELSOHN.

         4       A.    HI.