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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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                  EUGENE ROBERSON, SR.       : AUGUST TERM, 1998
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         7               VS.                 : NO. 3107
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         8        GREGORY A. NELSON, M.D. AND
                  ERICA M. BELTON, M.D. AND
         9        THE NELSON MEDICAL GROUP, P.C.

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        11                            OCTOBER 18, 2001
                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        12                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

        13                             P.M. SESSION

        14                               VOLUME IV

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        16        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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                             TESTIMONY OF BRUCE SILVER, M.D.
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                  APPEARANCES:
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                               BERNHARDT AND ROTHERMEL, P.C.
         6                     BY:  FRANK A. ROTHERMEL, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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         9                     GERMAN GALLAGHER AND MURTAUGH
                               BY:  JAMES T. MOORE, JR., ESQUIRE,
        10                     COUNSEL FOR DR. BELTON

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                               MC KISSOCK AND HOFFMAN
        12                     BY:  JILL CLARKE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. NELSON AND THE NELSON
        13                     MEDICAL GROUP

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        22                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, ESQUIRE
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
        23                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

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                                     DIRECT   CROSS   REDIRECT
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                  BRUCE G. SILVER               4        28
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         1                     (AT 11:30 A.M. THE FOLLOWING

         2               TRANSPIRED IN OPEN COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF

         3               THE JURY:)

         4                           THE COURT:  NOW, MR. ROTHERMEL,

         5               YOU'RE ON ANOTHER AREA I UNDERSTAND IN

         6               CROSS-EXAMINING DR. SILVER.

         7                           MR. ROTHERMEL:  CORRECT, YOUR

         8               HONOR.

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        12                        CROSS-EXAMINATION

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        14        BY MR. ROTHERMEL:

        15        Q.     DR. SILVER, I WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE

        16        QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE LAB REPORT FORMS.  IN

        17        PREPARATION FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY YOU REVIEWED

        18        THE DEPOSITION OF DR. NELSON?

        19        A.     I DID, YES.

        20        Q.     AND YOU REVIEWED THE DEPOSITION OF DR.

        21        BELTON AS WELL, CORRECT?

        22        A.     YES.

        23        Q.     NOW, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT DR.

        24        NELSON'S TESTIMONY WAS THE FOLLOWING:  IF THE LAB
 

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         1        WAS NORMAL, WE JUST GIVE IT TO THE MEDICAL

         2        ASSISTANT, THEY CHECK OFF EVERYTHING NORMAL.  THEY

         3        SEND IT TO THE PATIENT.  IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH

         4        YOUR RECOLLECTION OF THIS DEPOSITION?

         5        A.     NOTHING WAS SENT OUT.  THINGS WERE -- IF

         6        EVERYTH