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       1 State of Ohio,
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       2 County of Cuyahoga.

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       4               IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS


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       6 LAURIE SMITH,

                        Plaint if f ,
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                VS.                     Case No. 76,756
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         CLEVELAND  METROPOLITAN
       9 GENERAL HOSPITAL,  et  al.,


     10                  Defendants.


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     12           DEPOSITION OF VICTOR G. deWOLFE, M.D.


     13                   Tuesday, July 21, 1987


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     15         The Deposition of VICTOR G. deWOLFE, M.D., a


     16  witness called by the Plaintiff pursuant to the Ohio

         Rules of Civil Procedure, taken before me, Robert A.
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     18  Cangemi, a Notary Public within and for the State of


     19  Ohio, by agreement of counsel and without further


     20  notice or other legal formalities, at Cleveland

         Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland,
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     22  Ohio, commencing at 9:00 o'clock a.m., on the day and

         date above set forth.
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       1 APPEARANCES:


       2 On behalf of the Plaintiff:


                Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kaufman
       3        Richard Berris, Esq.

                540 Leader Building
       4        Cleveland, Ohio  44114


       5 On behalf of Defendant Metropolitan General Hospital:


       6        Reminger & Reminger

                John R. Irwin, Esq.

       7        The 113 Building

                Cleveland, Ohio  44114


       8 On behalf of Defendant Mary B. Matejczyk, M.D.:


       9        Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur

                Robert C. Maynard, Esq.

       10       100 Erieview Plaza - 14th Floor

                Cleveland, Ohio  44114

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       12 ALSO PRESENT:


       13       Multi-Video

                Laurie Smith

       14       Mary B. Matejczck, M.D.



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       1                 (Thereupon,  Plaintiff's  Deposition
       2        Exhibits Nos. 1 through 5 were marked for
       3        identification.)
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       5                  VICTOR deWOLFE, M.D.
       6 called by the Plaintiff  for examination  under  the
       7 Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, having been first duly
       8 sworn, as hereinafter certified,  was  examined  and
       9 deposed as follows:
       10                MR. BERRIS:          Let the  record
       11       reflect that this is the  deposition  of  Dr.
       12       Victor dewolfe, an expert witness  called  by
       13       Plaintiff in the matter of Laurie  Smith,  et
       14       al., versus  Cleveland  Metropolitan  General
       15       Hospital, et al.  And it is Case No. 76,756 in
       16       the Court of Common Pleas,  Cuyahoga  County,
       1 7      Ohio.
       18                Today's date is July 21st, 1987, and
       19       the deposition is being taken at the Cleveland
       20       Clinic Foundation.
       21                The deposition is being taken to
       22       preserve Dr. dewolfe's testimony for
       23       introduction into evidence at  the  trial  of
       24       this matter, now scheduled to begin on
       25       September Bth, 1987.
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       1                 Gentlemen, can we have a waiver with
       2         respect to any defect in notice and service?
       3                 MR. IRWIN:            Yes.
       4                 MR. MAYNARD:          Yes.
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       6                    DIRECT EXAMINATION
       7  BY MR.  BERRIS:
       8  Q.     Doctor, state your full name, please.
       9  A.     Victor George dewolfe.
       10 Q.     And your residence address?
       11 A.     12618 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
       12 U.     And your professional address, please?
       13 A.     9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
       14 Q.     And that's at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation?
       15 A.     Cleveland Clinic Foundation, yes.
       16 Q.     What is your profession?
       17 A.     Physician.
       18 U.     When were you first licensed to practice
       19 medicine?
       20 A.     1948 in New York.  1949 in Ohio.
       21 Q.     And are you licensed in any other states?
       22 A.