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          2           IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

          3               STATE OF OHIO

          4              COUNTY OF LUCAS

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          6    MARY G. ZUBKOFF      :Case
               Guardian,etc., et. al:
          7                             :No. CI 2001 05043
                      v.                :R.Christiansen, J.
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               ST. VINCENT MERCY    :
          9    HOSPITAL                 :

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                            April 20, 2004
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                   Telephone deposition of RONALD LEE
         13    KOTLER, M,D., taken pursuant to notice,
               was held at the offices of Esquire
         14    Deposition services, 1880 J.F.K.
               Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
         15    19103, commencing at 3:00 p.m., on the
               above date, before Harvey Krauss, a
         16    Federally-Approved Registered Merit
               Reporter and Commissioner of Deeds in
         17    the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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         21           ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES
                    1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
         22                   15th Floor
                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
         23                 (215) 988-9191

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          1                      APPEARANCES:

          2           WILLIAMS, JILEK, LAFFERTY,
                      GALLAGHER & SCOTT, CO., LPA
          3           BY:  CHAD M. TUSCHMAN, ESQUIRE
                      500 Toledo Legal Building
          4           416 North Erie Street
                      Toledo, Ohio 43624-1696
          5           Representing the Plaintiff

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                      ROBISON, CURPHEY & O'CONNELL
          7           BY:  JAMES E. BRAZEAU, ESQUIRE
                      Four Seagate, Ninth Floor
          8           Toledo, Ohio 43604
                      (419) 249-7900
          9           Representing the Defendant

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          3    Testimony of:  DR. KOTLER     PAGE

          4        By Mr. Tuschman            6

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               Exhibit 1 -   CV                    7
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               Exhibit 2 -   Notes                 33
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          1                 (It is hereby stipulated

          2           and agreed by and between counsel

          3           that, sealing, filing and

          4           certification are waived; and

          5           that all objections, except as to

          6           the form of questions, be

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