IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION


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                  LEROY AND CAROL STOUT, H/W     :  OCTOBER TERM, 1998

                      VS.

                  PORTEC, INC., AND LABOR READY, :  NO. 653
                  INC., AND MORRISVILLE SUPPLY CORP.

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                                 COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                       MAY 2, 2001
                             TESTIMONY OF TIMOTHY MICHALS, M.D.
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE
                                         AND A JURY

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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:


                               BY: FRANK D. BRANELLA, ESQUIRE
                               MARC SYKEN, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               LAW FIRM: POST AND SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  GLENN M. CAMPBELL, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR LABOR READY INC.



                               LAW FIRM:  EISEMAN, MYERS & LIERO
                               BY:  STEVEN LIERO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR MORRISVILLE SUPPLY CORP.



                               STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP
                               BY:  JEFFREY A. LUTSKY, ESQUIRE
                               HOUSE COUNSEL FOR PORTEC, INC.


                               CHAMBLISS, BAHNER AND STOPHEL
                               WILLIAM DEARING, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR PORTEC, INC.
 







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                  WITNESSES:

                                      DIRECT   CROSS   REDIRECT  RECROSS

                  TIMOTHY MICHALS       4       20       39      40
 
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         1                           THE COURT:  MR. BRANELLA, CALL

         2               YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

         3                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

         4               NAME FOR THE RECORD.

         5                           THE WITNESS:  TIMOTHY MICHALS.

         6                           PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND ON THE

         7               BIBLE.

         8                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

         9               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        10               TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        11               SO HELP YOU GOD?

        12                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

        13

        14

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        16                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        18        BY MR. BRANELLA:

        19        Q.     COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US YOUR EDUCATIONAL

        20        BACKGROUND?

        21        A.     I GRADUATED FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON MEDICAL

        22        COLLEGE IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1966.  I RECEIVED MY

        23        DOCTORATE IN MEDICINE.  I INTERNED FOR A YEAR IN

        24        1967 AND SINCE THAT TIME, 30, 40 YEARS, I'VE BEEN
 
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         1        LICENSED TO PRACTICE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

         2                     I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY

         3        FOR TWO YEARS AS A GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICER.  UPON

         4        COMPLETION OF MY MILITARY SERVICE, I RETURNED TO

         5        PHILADELPHIA I TOOK TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRY AT

         6        THOMAS JEFFERSON AND FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY HERE IN

         7        THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, THE PSYCHIATRIC

         8        DIVISION.

         9                     I COMPLETED THAT TRAINING IN 1972 AND

        10        SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE

        11        PRACTICES OF PSYCHIATRY AND FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY