IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  DIANA RUTLEDGE             : JUNE, 1997

                      VS                    :

                  CHARLES E MANGAN, MD,
                  ET AL                      : NO 0521

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                                       CITY HALL, 253
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      DECEMBER 1, 1999

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE, JR

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                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                               100 S BROAD STREET, 2ND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056

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                  APPEARANCES:



                               MAYERSON, LQ
                               123 WEST MAIN STREET
                               TRAPPE, PA, 19426
                               BY:  DONALD S LITMAN, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFF




                               HARVEY, PENNINGTON, GABOT,
                               GRIFFITH AND RENNEISEN, LTD
                               BY:  MICHELE DANIELE, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANT
 











                                           INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:



                                      DIRECT    CROSS     REDIRECT



                   DR MARVIN KRANE     4          16        68
 
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         1

         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (AT 9:40 AM THE FOLLOWING TOOK

         6               PLACE IN OPEN COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7               JURY:)

         8                           COURT CRIER:  DOCTOR, YOU HAVE

         9               BEEN SWORN  YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH

        10                           THE COURT:  I THINK, MR

        11               LITMAN, YOU ARE FINISHING UP YOUR DIRECT

        12

        13

        14                            -     -     -

        15                         DIRECT EXAMINATION

        16                            -     -     -

        17        BY MR LITMAN:

        18        Q     DR KRANE, IN THE REPORT THAT IS FROM, I

        19        BELIEVE, MARKED JANUARY 26, 1999, YOU MADE SOME

        20        REFERENCES, THERE ARE REFERENCES IN THE REPORT TO

        21        VARIOUS ARTICLES WHICH ARE MARKED AS PLAINTIFF'S

        22        EXHIBIT 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E AND 10F AND ALSO

        23        10G

        24                     CAN YOU PLEASE INDICATE WHAT THESE
 
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         1        REFERENCES ARE AND IN WHAT WAY THEY ARE RELEVANT

         2        IN FORMULATING YOUR OPINIONS?

         3                           MS DANIELE:  OBJECTION

         4               HEARSAY, YOUR HONOR

         5                           THE COURT:  WELL, IT WOULD BE

         6               HEARSAY IF THE DOCTOR SAID, I HAVE NO

         7               OPINION, BUT I'M GOING TO BASE IT ON WHAT

         8               I'VE READ  THAT HE CAN'T DO

         9                     I THINK HE CAN ASK DR KRANE, YOU

        10               HAVE GIVEN CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS HERE OR

        11               SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS AND HOW DO YOU ARRIVE

        12               AT THAT  I THINK HE SAID YESTERDAY HIS

        13               EXPERIENCE IN TEXT  HE CAN SAY THAT  YOU

        14               CAN POINT TO WHAT TEXT THEY ARE  YOU CAN

        15               DO IT IN THAT FASHION  BUT THEN TO READ

        16               WHAT THE TEXT SAY, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY

        17               UNLESS IT'S BROUGHT UP ON

        18               CROSS-EXAMINATION

        19                     WITH THAT IN MIND, I OVERRULE YOUR

        20               OBJECTION

        21                           MS DANIELE:  THANK YOU, YOUR

        22               HONOR