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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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                                        JULY 7, 2000
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                                        A.M. SESSION
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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        17                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        19        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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        21                   TESTIMONY OF RICHARD CREECH, M.D.

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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        23                     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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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

         6               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  MR. SNYDER.

         8                           MR. SNDYER:  THANK YOU, YOUR

         9               HONOR.  WE CALL DR. RICHARD CREECH.

        10                           THE COURT:  THIS HAS BEEN GONE

        11               OVER AND OVER WITH THE JURY.  I THINK YOU

        12               CAN DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO DR.

        13               CREECH.

        14                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR NAME

        15               FOR THE RECORD.

        16                           THE WITNESS:  RICHARD CREECH.

        17                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        18               HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        19                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WIL