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                                    IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                              FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                        CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                      VIRGINIA GERWIG, INDIVIDUALLY : SEPTEMBER TERM, 2000
         6            AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE:
                      OF CHARLES BRIAN GERWIG,      :
         7            DECEASED                      :
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         8                   VS.                    :
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         9            DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL       :
                      CENTER,  D/B/A FRANKFORD      :
        10            FRANKFORD HOSPITAL - BUCKS    :
                      COUNTY, JILL KANE, D.O.,      :
        11            DEL-VAL EMERGENCY SERVICES,   :
                      INC., ANTHONY ROCK, D.O.,     :
        12            JOSEPH M. CORVASCE, M.D., AND :
                      JOSEPH M. CORAVASCE, M.D.,    :
        13            P.C.                          : NO. 0960

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        15                           TESTIMONY OF IRA MEHLMAN, M.D.

        16                                 MAY 14, 2003
                                      COURTROOM 483, CITY HALL
        17                           PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        19                                  VOLUME IV

        20            BEFORE:  THE HONORABLE J. GARY F. DIVITO,
                                             AND A JURY
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                      APPEARANCES:
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                                    MC ELDREW AND FULLAM
         5                          NANCY FULLAM, ESQUIRE
                                    FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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                                    PLAKINS, RIEFFEL AND RAY
         8                          BY:  NAOMI PLAKINS, ESQUIRE
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