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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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                     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.
        16                               AND A JURY

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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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