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 1         IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
       PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
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   TARA S. BLAKE           :  NO. L03-14224
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            V.             :
 4 ANDREW B. BLOCK AND     :
   CONTEMPORARY OB/GYN     :
 5 ASSOCIATES, LLC AND     :
   DIMENSIONS HEALTH       :
 6 CORPORATION D/B/A LAUREL:
   REGIONAL HOSPITAL       :
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 9             September 9, 2003
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11        Oral deposition of ROBERT DIEN,
12 M.D., held in the offices of Dr. Dien,
13 Bryn Mawr Hospital, Ladd Conference
14 Room, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
15 commencing at 2:15 p.m. on the above
16 date, before Cherese Cornish, a Court
17 Reporter and Notary Public in and for
18 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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             1880 J.F.K. Boulevard
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       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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 1 A P P E A R A N C E S:
   
 2      MCDONALD & KARL
        BY:  NANCY J. MALIR, ESQUIRE
 3      900 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
        Washington, D.C. 20006
 4      (202) 293-3200
        -- Representing the Plaintiff
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 6      ARMSTRONG DONOHUE & CEPPOS
        BY:  EDWARD GONSALVES, ESQUIRE
 7      204 Monroe Street, Suite 101
        Rockville, Maryland 20850
 8      (301) 251-0440
        -- Representing the Defendant, Andrew
 9      B. Block and Contemporary OB/GYN
        Associates, LLc
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11      SASSCER, CLAGETT & BUCHER
        BY:  PHILLIP R. ZUBER, ESQUIRE
12      5407 Water Street, Suite 101
        Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
13      (301) 627-5500
        -- Representing Dimensions Helath
14      Corporation t/a Laurel Regional
        Hospital
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 1                 I N D E X
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 3 Testimony of:  ROBERT DIEN, M.D.
 4 By Mr. Gonsalves. . . . . . . 5
 5 By Mr. Zuber. . . . . . . . . 65
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 8              E X H I B I T S
 9 EXHIBIT NUMBER  DESCRIPTION  PAGE MARKED
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11 Exhibit-1A   Notes                 27
12 Exhibit-1B   Notes                 2