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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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                     ROEUM KOL                   :  JULY TERM, 2001
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                              VS.                :
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                     CHUONG TRINH, M.D., TENET   :
         8           HEALTH SYSTEMS ELKINS PARK  :
                     L.L.C. BERHAN GHERMAY, M.D. :
         9           AND JOYCE PETRINI, M.D.     : NO. 2658

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        11                            JANUARY 7, 2004
                                  COURTROOM 633, CITY HALL
        12                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        14                     TESTIMONY OF IRA MEHLMAN, M.D.

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                     BEFORE:  HONORABLE PAUL P. PANEPINTO, J.
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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        23                        OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                  COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                                  GOLOMB AND HONIK
         4                        BY:  JOSEPH J. URBAN, ESQUIRE
                                  COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
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                                  POST AND SCHELL
         7                        BY:  PATRICIA W. HOLDEN, ESQUIRE
                                  COUNSEL FOR CHUONG TRINH, M.D.
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                                  YOUNG AND MC GILVERY, P.C.
        10                        BY:  GEORGE L. YOUNG, JR., ESQUIRE
                                  COUNSEL FOR GHERMAY AND PETRINI, M.D.
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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
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                     WITNESSES:
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                     IRA MEHLMAN       5     14         67        69
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         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         5                        (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6                  COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                              THE COURT:  THE FIRST THING WE

         8                  ARE GOING TO SEE IS A VIDEO.  THE VIDEO

         9                  TESTIMONY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS IF THEY

        10                  WERE ALIVE HERE IN COURT.  COUNSEL WILL

        11                  INTRODUCE THE VIDEO.

        12                              MR. URBAN:  PLAINTIFF WOULD

        13                  CALL DR. STEVEN YOCOM BY VIDEOTAPE.  THE

        14                  VIDEOTAPE AND TRANSCRIPT WILL BE MARKED AS

        15                  PLAINTIFF EXHIBIT NUMBER 9.

        16                        (A VIDEOTAPE AND TRANSCRIPT WERE

        17                  MARKED AS PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT P-9 FOR

        18                  IDENTIFICATION.)

        19                        (WHEREUPON, THE VIDEOTAPE OF STEVEN

        20                  YOCOM WAS VIEWED BY THE JURY OUT OF THE

        21                  PRESENCE OF THE JUDGE.)

        22                        (AT THIS TIME A RECESS WAS TAKEN.)

        23                        (AT 10:40 A.M. THE FO