IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  BRANES N. SOUTHARD AND DEBORAH      : OCTOBER TERM, 1994
                  SOUTHARD

                        VS.                           :

                  TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL          :  NO. 1376
                  DAVID H. CLEMENTS, III, M.D.,
                  WILLIAM F. YOUNG, M.D.

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                                 COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
                                    WANAMAKER BUILDING
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                       MARCH 13, 1997

                                         VOLUME IV

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.

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                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 






                  APPEARANCES:



                               LAW FIRM:  SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY
                               BY:  JOHN P. KOPESKY, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               LAW FIRM:  ABRAHAMS, LOEWENSTEIN, BUSHMAN &
                               KAUFFMAN
                               BY:  J. KURT STRAUB, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS





















                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 









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