IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION


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                  ANGELO LAULETTA, ET AL.    : MAY TERM, 1994

                      VS.

                  TURCO PRODUCTS, INC. ET AL.: NO.  2067


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                                    ROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      FEBRUARY 12, 1999

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                             TESTIMONY OF DAVID GARABRANT, M.D.

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE

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

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                  APPEARANCES:





                               DEMARCO AND DEMARCO
                               BY: JAMES J. DEMARCO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS




                               BY:  PHILIP VOGLER, ESQUIRE
                                    ROBERT MANNINO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR TURCO PRODUCTS AND ASHLAND
                               CHEMICAL
 









                                           INDEX
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                                       DIRECT     CROSS     REDIRECT



                  WITNESSES:

                  DAVID GARABRANT       4          40







                                          EXHIBITS
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                  NAME             JOB DESCRIPTION           PAGE
 
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         1                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR NAME

         2               FOR THE RECORD.

         3                           THE WITNESS:  DAVID GARABRANT.

         4                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

         5               HAND ON THE BIBLE.  DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU

         6               WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO

         7               YOU TOUCHING UPON THE MATTER NOW BEFORE

         8               THIS COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

         9                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

        10                     (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY

        11               SWORN BY THE COURT CRIER, WAS EXAMINED AND

        12               TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:)

        13

        14

        15                            -     -     -

        16                         DIRECT EXAMINATION

        17                            -     -     -

        18        BY MR. VOGLER:

        19        Q.     DR. GARABRANT, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION,

        20        SIR?

        21        A.     I AM A PHYSICIAN AND I AM A PROFESSOR AT

        22        THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

        23        Q.     HAVE YOU COME TO SPECIALIZE IN ANY

        24        PARTICULAR FIELD?
 
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         1        A.     YES, I SPECIALIZE IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE.

         2        Q.     ARE YOU CERTIFIED IN ANY AREAS OF MEDICINE?

         3        A.     I AM BOARD CERTIFIED IN OCCUPATIONAL

         4        MEDICINE AND IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND IN

         5        PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

         6        Q.     AND YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER.  COULD

         7        YOU TELL US WHERE YOU TEACH?

         8        A.     YES, I TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

         9        IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.  I AM A PROFESSOR OF

        10        OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC

        11        HEALTH AND I AM A SOCIAL PROFESSOR OF INTERNAL

        12        MEDICINE IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

        13        Q.     DOCTOR, YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE WAS IN A

        14        FIELD OTHER THAN BIOLOGY; IS THAT CORRECT?

        15        A.     MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE WAS IN CHEMICAL

        16        ENGINEERING.

        17        Q.     I ALSO NOTE THAT YOU HAVE BEHIND YOUR NAME

        18        A MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  COUL