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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

         11   __________________________________________________________ 

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

         14   __________________________________________________________

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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

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              FOR THE DEFENDANT DERMOT HALPIN, M.D.:
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                   Mr. Richard Schiller
         10        SCHILLER, OSBOURN & BARNES, P.L.L.C.
                   1600 One Riverfront Plaza
         11        401 West Main Street
                   Louisville, KY  40202
         12             (502) 625-1666
                        (502) 779-9324 fax
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         14   FOR THE DEFENDANT MORRIS MOSS M.D.:

         15        Mr. Robert C. Welleford
                   JENKINS, PISACANO, ROBINSON & BAILEY
         16        269 W. Main Street  
                   Suite 100
         17        Lexington, KY  40507
                        (859) 225-9625
         18             (859) 254-1995 fax

         19   
              FOR THE DEFENDANT MARYMOUNT MEDICAL CENTER, INC.:
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                   Ms. Millicent Tanner
         21        THOMPSON, MILLER & SIMPSON
                   600 West Main Street
         22        Suite 500
                   Louisville, KY  40202
         23             (502) 585-9900
                        (502) 585-9993 fax
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          1                              INDEX
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          2   Appearances.............................................2

          3   Stipulations...........................................--

          4   JAMES M. ATKINS, M.D.
                   Examination by Mr. Dry.............................4
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              Signature and Changes..................................66
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              Reporter's Certificate.................................68
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          8                            EXHIBITS

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         10    1         Curriculum Vitae                         5

         11    2         "Records Reviewed for House vs. Moss"    8

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