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           1       IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                       STARK COUNTY, OHIO
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              LESLIE MAURER, et al.     : 2002-CVO-1136
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              JORGE ROMERO, M.D., et al.:
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           7                February 25, 2003
 
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           9         Oral deposition of ROBERT ALAN
 
          10  DEIN, M.D., held at Bryn Mawr Hospital,
 
          11  Ladd Conference Room, 130 Old Lancaster
 
          12  Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010,
 
          13  commencing at 1:40 p.m., on the above
 
          14  date, before Susan B. Berkowitz, a
 
          15  Registered Professional Reporter and a
 
          16  Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth
 
          17  of Pennsylvania.
 
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           5     Counsel for the Plaintiff
 
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                 BY:  STEPHEN P. GRIFFIN, ESQUIRE
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           9     (330) 492-8717
                 Counsel for the Defendants
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           1                 I N D E X
 
           2  Testimony of:  Robert A. Dein, M.D.
 
           3  By Mr. Griffin . . . . . . . . .  5
 
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           8               E X H I B I T S
 
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          12  D-Dein 1   Correspondence         18
 
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          14  D-Dein 3   Handwritten Notes      20
 
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                              DEIN, M.D.
 
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           2               (It is hereby stipulated and
 
           3         agreed by and between counsel that
 
           4         sealing, filing and certification
 
           5         are waived; and that all
 
           6         objections, except as to the
 
           7         form of questions, be reserved
 
           8         until the time of trial.)
 
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          10               ROBERT ALAN DEIN, M.D.,
 
          11         after having b