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                               IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                         FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                   CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                 VIRGINIA GERWIG, INDIVIDUALLY : SEPTEMBER TERM, 2000
         6       AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE:
                 OF CHARLES BRIAN GERWIG,      :
         7       DECEASED                      :
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         8              VS.                    :
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         9       DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL       :
                 CENTER,  D/B/A FRANKFORD      :
        10       FRANKFORD HOSPITAL - BUCKS    :
                 COUNTY, JILL KANE, D.O.,      :
        11       DEL-VAL EMERGENCY SERVICES,   :
                 INC., ANTHONY ROCK, D.O.,     :
        12       JOSEPH M. CORVASCE, M.D., AND :
                 JOSEPH M. CORAVASCE, M.D.,    :
        13       P.C.                          : NO. 0960

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                                      MAY 13, 2003
        16                       COURTROOM 483, CITY HALL
                                PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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        18                    TESTIMONY OF MARGARET BARRON, M.D.

        19       BEFORE:  THE HONORABLE J. GARY F. DIVITO,
                                        AND A JURY
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         5                     NANCY FULLAM, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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                               PLAKINS RIEFFEL AND RAY
         7                     BY:  NAOMI PLAKINS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. ROCK
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                               ROBERT FORTIN, ESQUIRE
         9                     COUNSEL FOR DR. KANE

        10                     STAHL AND DE LAURENTIS, P.C.
                               BY:  JAMES F. GALLO, ESQUIRE
        11                     COUNSEL FOR DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

        12                     JAMES P. KILCOYNE AND ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  MICHAEL PITT, ESQUIRE
        13                     COUNSEL FOR DR. CORVASCE

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                              GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R,
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                              COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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         2                        AFTERNOON_SESSION
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         5                    (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6                 COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                               THE COURT:  NEXT WITNESS.

         8                               MS. FULLAM:  I'D LIKE TO

         9                 CALL DR. MARGARET BARRON.

        10                               COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR

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