IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
                            FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                                      CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
                                             - - -

                    WILLIAM ROSS, ET AL.       :  JAN. TERM, 1986

                          VS.

                    CELOTEX CORP. ET AL.       :  NO. 2420

                                             - - -

                    ABRAHAM RUSSELL, ET AL.    :  NOV. TERM, 1986

                          VS.

                    CELOTEX CORP., ET AL.      :  NO.4672

                                             - - -

                    STEVEN CHRZAN, ET AL.      :  JUNE TERM, 1987

                          VS.

                    CELOTEX CORP.              :  NO.  2050

                                             - - -

                                       APRIL 24, 1997

                            BEFORE: HON. VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.



                              TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM HARTZ, M.D.
 







                    APPEARANCES:



                                 ROBERT MURPHY, ESQUIRE

                                 COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                                 ROBERT WENTLEY, ESQUIRE

                                 MICHAEL CONNOR, ESQUIRE

                                 JOHN SANTORO, ESQUIRE

                                 COUNSEL FOR CELOTEX CORP.
 





                                            INDEX

                                      DIRECT   CROSS   REDIRECT   RECROSS







                    WILLIAM HARTZ,M.D. 5        25       43        46
 





         1

         2                             AFTERNOON_SESSION
                                       _________ _______

         3

         4

         5                            (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6          COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                             COURT CRIER:  COURT IS IN SESSION.

         8                             THE COURT:  NOW, MR. MURPHY, YOU

         9          ARE CALLING?

        10                             MR. MURPHY:  DR. HARTZ.

        11                             THE COURT:  WHO IS THE RADIOLOGIST

        12          IN THE CHRZAN MATTER, CORRECT?

        13                             MR. MURPHY:  AND MR. MARRA'S

        14          MATTER.

        15                             THE COURT:  AND MR. MARRA.  NOW,

        16          WE ALREADY HAD TESTIMONY FROM DR. FREEDMAN ON CHRZAN.

        17                             MR. MURPHY:  I WILL DO IT

        18          EXPEDITIOUSLY, JUDGE.  LET ME ASK THE DOCTOR TO TAKE

        19          THE STAND.  HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TAKE THEM WITH THE

        20          REPRESENTATIVE X RAYS THAT YOU SAW WITH THE C.T.

        21          SCAN.

        22                             COURT CRIER:  PLEASE STATE YOUR

        23          NAME FOR THE RECORD.

        24                             THE WITNESS:  WILLIAM HARTZ.
 





         1                             COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

         2          HAND ON THE BIBLE.

         3                       DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

         4          TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU TOUCHING UPON THE

         5          MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT, SO HELP YOU GOD?

         6                             THE WITNESS:   I DO.

         7                            (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST

         8          DULY SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:)

         9

        10                           -      -      -

        11                          DIRECT EXAMINATION

        12                           -      -      -

        13          BY MR. MURPHY:

        14          Q.     DOCTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND

        15          ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD?

        16          A.     WILLIAM HARTZ, MY OFFICE ADDRESS IS 7600

        17          CENTRAL AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19111,

        18          JEANES HOSPITAL.

        19          Q.     WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND,

        20          DOCTOR, BEGINNING WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION?

        21          A.     I GRADUATED FROM YALE UNIVERSITY IN 1973 WITH

        22          A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.  I WENT TO HAHNEMANN MEDICAL

        23          COLLEGE AND HAD A MEDICAL DEGREE IN 1978, FOLLOWED BY

        24          NEUROLOGY AND RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY TRAINING.
 





         1                       I FINISHED RESIDENCY IN RADIOLOGY AT

         2          PENN IN 1983 AND THEN DID ONE EXTRA YEAR AT THE

         3          UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE ENTERING MY CURRENT

         4