IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  ESTATE OF THEODORE KRIEGER          : JUNE TERM, 1992
                  BY HELEN KRIEGER, ADMINISTRATRIX,
                  HELEN KRIEGER IN HER OWN RIGHT
                  AND ON BEHALF OF THE NEXT OF KIN
                  OF THEODORE KRIEGER                 :

                           VS.

                  NAZARETH HOSPITAL                   : NO. 140

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                          COURTROOM "G," COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
                                     WANAMAKER BUILDING
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      JANUARY 16, 1998

                               TESTIMONY OF DAVID ESKIN, M.D.
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.
                                         AND A JURY

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                  APPEARANCES:



                               JOSEPH CHAIKEN & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
                               BY:  JOSEPH CHAIKEN, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS


                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
                               BY: DONALD LADD, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANT



























                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 





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                  WITNESSES:
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                                       DIRECT   CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS
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         3                           MORNING_SESSION
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         6                      (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

         7               OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         8                           THE COURT:  I'M GOING TO SEE IF I

         9               CAN MOVE THE REMAINDER OF THIS CASE AS

        10               EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.  BUT I THINK THAT

        11               THE JURY UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPTS INVOLVED IN

        12               THIS CASE.  AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY

        13               TO HAVE YOUR EXPERTS REITERATE LONG

        14               DISSERTATIONS ABOUT THE FACTS AND SO FORTH.

        15               AND I SAY THE SAME THING TO MR. CHAIKEN, THAT

        16               THE CROSS-EXAMINATION HAS GOT TO GET TO THE

        17               POINT.

        18                           MR. LADD:  MAY I SEE YOU IN

        19               CHAMBERS?

        20                           THE COURT:  NOT AT THIS POINT.

        21               LET'S PROCEED.  AT SOME PARTICULAR TIME YOU

        22               CAN.

        23                           MR. LADD:  I CALL MR. BRUCE

        24               KRIEGER TO THE STAND.
 
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         1                           MR. CHAIKEN:  YOUR HONOR, MAY I

         2               SEE YOU AT SIDEBAR?

         3                           THE COURT:  ARE YOU ASKING FOR AN

         4               OFFER OF PROOF?

         5                           MR. CHAIKEN:  YES.

         6                           THE COURT:  VERY GOOD.  OFFER OF

         7               PROOF IS THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT RELEVANCY MR.

         8               KRIEGER'S TESTIMONY IS GOING TO BE.  SOMETIMES

         9               I DO IT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY, BUT IN

        10               THIS CASE I AM NOT.  SO JUST BEAR WITH ME.

        11                     (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

        12               CHAMBERS:)

        13                           THE COURT:  TELL ME WHAT Y