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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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                  TERESA CARTER, AS THE        : AUGUST TERM, 1999
         7        REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE :
                  OF KATIE W CARTER,          :
         8                           PLAINTIFF :
                             VS               :
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                  PHILIP MORRIS, INC,         :
        10                           DEFENDANT : NO 4567

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        12                            JANUARY 22, 2003

        13                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                        VOLUME XIII
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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE, JR
                  AND JURY
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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
        24                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
 
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         3                     GREITZER AND LOCKS
                               BY:  MARC P WEINGARTEN, ESQUIRE
         4                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

         5                     SPOHRER, WILNER, MAXWELL &
                               MATTHEWS, PA
         6                     BY:  NORWOOD S WILNER, ESQUIRE
                                    HOWARD ACOSTA, ESQUIRE
         7                     FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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         9                     DECHERT LLP
                               BY:  ARTHUR NEWBOLD, ESQUIRE
        10                          STEPHEN J MC CONNELL, ESQUIRE
                                    BRENNAN J TORREGROSSA, ESQUIRE
        11                     FOR THE DEFENDANT

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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
        22                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                  ALLAN KRUTCHIK 2123
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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         4                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         5               COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         6                           THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING,

         7               LADIES AND GENTLEMEN  DR KRUTCHIK, YOU

         8               ARE ALREADY UNDER OATH

         9                           THE WITNESS:  YES

        10                           THE COURT:  I THINK YOU COVERED

        11               THE DOCTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS  YOU MIGHT

        12               WANT TO QUICKLY SUM UP ON THAT

        13                     (THE WITNESS, DR ALLAN KRUTCHNIK,

        14               WAS PREVIOUSLY SWORN)

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        18                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        20        BY MR MC CONNELL:

        21        Q     GOOD MORNING, DR KRUTCHIK

        22        A     GOOD MORNING

        23        Q     GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN  AS HIS

        24        HONOR SUGGESTED, A QUICK RECAP OF WHO YOU ARE AND
 
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         1        WHY YOU ARE HERE  ARE YOU AN ONCOLOGIST, DOCTOR?

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