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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        STEPHEN STELZER AND        : NOVEMBER TERM, 1998
                  BARBARA STELZER            :
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                           VS.               :
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                  ROBERT A. MOGIL, M.D.      :
         9        PHILIP Y. KIM, M.D. AND    :
                  NAYERE ZAERI, M.D.         : NO. 3313
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                                       MARCH 28, 2001
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        14                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
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        19                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     ANAPOL, SCHWARTZ, WEISS, COHEN
                               FELDMAN & SMALLEY, P.C.
         5                     BY:  ALAN SCHWARTZ, ESQUIRE
                                    STEPHEN J. POKINIEWSKI, ESQUIRE
         6                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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         8                     YOUNG & MC GILVERY, P.C.
                               BY:  GEORGE L. YOUNG, ESQUIRE
         9                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS

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                  WITNESSES:
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                  PETER BRETAN          5         17      111
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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:  GOOD MORNING.  MR.

         8               SCHWARTZ, YOU MAY CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

         9                           MR. SCHWARTZ:  I'D LIKE TO CALL

        10               DR. PETER BRETAN TO THE STAND.

        11                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR NAME

        12               FOR THE RECORD.

        13                           THE WITNESS:  PETER BRETAN.

        14                           COURT CRIER:  DO YOU SWEAR THAT

        15               YOU WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS

        16               PUT TO YOU TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE

        17               THIS COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

        18                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

        19                           MR. SCHWARTZ:  MAY I PROCEED,

        20               YOUR HONOR?

        21                           THE COURT:  CERTAINLY.

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         1                         DIRECT EXAMINATION

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         3        BY MR. SCHWARTZ:

         4        Q.     DOCTOR, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

         5        A.     I AM A UROLOGIST.  A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN.

         6        Q.     DOCTOR, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OPINIONS

         7        THAT YOU HOLD IN THIS CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO

         8        DISCUSS WITH Y