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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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ESTER VIOLA BLOCKER : OCT TERM, 1994
VS
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP : NO 652
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COURTROOM "M", COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
WANAMAKER COMPLEX
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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MAY 22, 1996
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BEFORE: HONORABLE ALFRED J DI BONA, JR
AND A JURY
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TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM SIMON, MD
GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
(215) 686-4240
APPEARANCES:
FORCENO, HANNON AND ARANGIO
BY: THOMAS J JOYCE, III, ESQUIRE
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
GALLAGHER, REILLLY AND LACHAT, PC
BY: PAUL FX GALLAGHER, ESQUIRE
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT
I N D E X
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WITNESSES DIRECT CROSS REDIRECT RECROSS
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WILLIAM L SIMON , MD 5,12 11,45 61
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1
2 MORNING_SESSION
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4 (WHEREUPON, AT 9:45 AM THE FOLLOWING
5 TOOK PLACE IN OPEN COURT, ALL PARTIES
6 PRESENT:)
7 THE COURT: GOOD MORNING
8 MR GALLAGHER, YOUR NEXT WITNESS
9 MR GALLAGHER: WE CALL DOCTOR
10 WILLIAM SIMON
11 COURT CRIER: STATE YOUR FULL
12 NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE
13 THE WITNESS: WILLIAM L SIMON,
14 MD
15 COURT CRIER: DO YOU SWEAR THAT
16 YOU WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT
17 TO YOU TOUCHING UPON THE MATTER NOW BEFORE
18 THIS COURT, SO HELP YOU GOD?
19 THE WITNESS: I DO
20 (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY
21 SWORN BY THE COURT CRIER, WAS EXAMINED AND
22 TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:)
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1 DIRECT EXAMINATION
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3 BY MR GALLAGHER:
4 Q DR SIMON, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
5 A I AM A BOARD CERTIFIED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
6 Q WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR UNDERGRADUATE
7 TRAINING?
8 A I GRADUATED FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN
9 1959
10 Q AND YOUR MEDICAL TRAINING?
11 A I WAS GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
12 PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN 1963
13 Q HOW ABOUT POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND
14 FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS COULD YOU TELL THE JURY
15 ABOUT THOSE?
16 A YES, I SPENT A YEAR AS AN INTERNAL AT THE
17 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL
18 THEN A SECOND YEAR AS A SURGICAL
19 RESIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
20 HOSPITAL
21 THEN I SPENT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AS
22 AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL RESIDENT AT THE
23 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND BOSTON CHILDREN
24 HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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1 I THEN SPENT TWO YEARS AT THE NATIONAL
2 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, DOING
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