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          1                    COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
                                27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
          2                      LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT
                                      DIVISION II
          3                  CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-CI-00623

          4   DONNA HOUSE, INDIVIDUALLY, 
              AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE 
          5   OF JONATHAN HOUSE, DECEASED, 
              AND AS CO-GUARDIAN AND 
          6   CO-CONSERVATOR OF JASMINE 
              HOUSE, AN UNMARRIED INFANT                       PLAINTIFFS
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              VS.
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              DERMOT HALPIN, M.D., SURGICAL 
          9   ASSOCIATES OF LEXINGTON, P.S.C., 
              MORRIS MOSS, M.D., AND 
         10   MARYMOUNT MEDICAL CENTER, INC.                   DEFENDANTS

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         12                       ORAL DEPOSITION OF 
                                 JAMES M. ATKINS, M.D.
         13                         OCTOBER 3, 2006

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         16            ORAL DEPOSITION OF JAMES M. ATKINS, M.D., produced 

         17   as a witness duly sworn by me at the instance of the 

         18   Plaintiffs, was taken in the above styled and numbered 

         19   cause on the 3rd day of October, A.D., 2006, from 9:12 a.m. 

         20   to 11:00 a.m., before Kellie L. Rowbotham, CSR in and for 

         21   the State of Texas, reported by stenographic means, at the 

         22   offices of Dr. James M. Atkins, 5909 Harry Hines Blvd., 

         23   Conference Room HA9.133, Dallas, Texas  75235, pursuant to 

         24   the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the provisions 

         25   stated on the record or attached hereto.




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          1                      A P P E A R A N C E S

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          3   FOR THE PLAINTIFFS:

          4        Mr. Laurence R. Dry (via telephone)
                   Attorney at Law
          5        Health/Law Plaza, Suite C-3
                   140 East Division Road
          6        Oak Ridge, TN  37830-6900
                        (865) 482-6600
          7             (865) 482-6600 fax