IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  FRANCES GIANNONE                :  JUNE TERM, 1998

                      VS

                  CHRISTINE CHUNG, MD AND       :  NO 2778
                  KETAN KIRALAL PATEL, MD
                  AND WILLS EYE HOSPITAL

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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      JANUARY 9, 2001

                                         VOLUME II

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                           BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE

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                                TESTIMONY OF ERIC FINE, MD


                       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:



                               LAW FIRM:  BEASLEY, CASEY AND ERBSTEIN
                               BY: JAMES E FOERSTNER, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF



                               LAW FIRM: POST AND SCHELL, PC
                               BY:  WILLIAM F SUTTON, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS
 







                                           INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:
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                                 DIRECT     CROSS     REDIRECT     RECROSS

                  ERIC W FINE     18          26       115          124
                                   28          71



                                          EXHIBITS
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                  NAME             JOB_DESCRIPTION             PAGE
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                  P-10             CV OF DR FINE             19

                  P-11             REPORT                       31

                  P-12             REPORT                       31

                  P-13             MED RECORDS OF DR SOLOMON  40

                  P-15             LETTER                      144
 
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         1

         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

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

         7                           THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING,

         8               EVERYONE  THERE ARE SOME ISSUES?

         9                           MR FOERSTNER:  YES, YOUR

        10               HONOR  YESTERDAY, YOUR HONOR -- THERE ARE

        11               TWO ISSUES I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE COURT'S

        12               ATTENTION  YESTERDAY AT THE END OF MY DAY

        13               I RESTED WITH WHAT I BELIEVE AT THAT MOMENT

        14               WAS THE END OF MY TESTIMONY WITH DR

        15               NICHOLS  HOWEVER, AFTER REVIEWING MY NOTES

        16               I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAD FAILED TO GO OVER A

        17               COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS

        18               WITH HIM

        19                           THE COURT:  WHAT ARE THEY?

        20                           MR FOERSTNER:  THE TWO ISSUES

        21               WERE THAT I DID NOT DISCUSS WITH HIM

        22               SPECIFICALLY THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF THE

        23               PATIENT THAT HAD EKC IN THE ER  AND,

        24               SECONDLY, OTHER ISSUE IS, FRANKLY, I DON'T
 
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         1               RECALL WHETHER I SAID THE MAGIC WORD TO HIM

         2               WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE

         3               STANDARD OF CARE FOR A PHYSICIAN NOT TO

         4               WASH HIS HANDS AND WHETHER HE HAD AN

         5               OPINION AS TO WHETHER THAT OCCURRED

         6                           THE CO