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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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         6        HAROLD HEGH, AS EXECUTOR OF : FEBRUARY TERM, 1998
                  THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE HEGH :
         7        AND HAROLD HEGH, IN HIS OWN :
                  RIGHT                       :
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                        VS.                   :
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                  FRANKLIN M. STEIN, M.D.     :
        10        MARVIN GOLDMAN, M.D.        :
                  RICHARD E. ROSENTHAL, D.O.  :
        11        STANLEY L. ALTSCHULER, M.D.,:
                  ALTSCHULER-GELFAND-BENJAMIN :
        12        ASSOCIATES, LTD.            : NO. 4151
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                                       JUNE 28, 2000
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                              TESTIMONY OF STEVEN HAJDU, M.D.
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        16                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
        19                               AND A JURY

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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     PERRY, FIALKOWSKI & PERRY
                               BY:  SHERRYL R. PERRY, ESQUIRE
         5                     ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

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                               RAWLE & HENDERSON, L.L.P.
         8                     BY:  EDWARD C. MINTZER, JR., ESQUIRE
                               ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. STEIN
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        11                     MC DONALD & SNYDER, P.C.
                               BY:  JOHN J. SNYDER, ESQUIRE.
        12                     ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. GOLDMAN

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                               WRIGHT, YOUNG & MC GILVERY, P.C.
        15                     BY:  GEORGE YOUNG, ESQUIRE
                               ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. ROSENTHAL
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        18                     POST & SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  ISRAEL N. EISENBERG, ESQUIRE
        19                     ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. ALTSCHULER
                               AND ALTSCHULER-GELFAND-BENJAMIN
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                  STEVEN HAJDU, M.D.   3,43        39       155      156
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         3                         MORNING_SESSION
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         6                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

         7               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         8                           THE COURT:  I AM SORRY THE

         9               AIR-CONDITIONING IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

        10               THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.  IT'S A LONG,

        11               INVOLVED SITUATION.  I DON'T WANT TO BORE

        12               YOU WITH THE DETAILS BECAUSE THE MORE THEY

        13               EXPLAIN TO ME, THE LESS I KNOW, BUT, IN ANY

        14               EVENT, IT SHOULD BE COOLER OUTSIDE TODAY.

        15               LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS AND I THANK YOU FOR

        16               YOUR PATIENCE AND COURTESY.

        17                     MRS. PERRY, YO