1                   IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                                     CIVIL DIVISION
          2                       HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO

          3     MICHAEL ZWEIGART, a Minor,
                by Carla Denise Zweigart,
          4     his Mother,

          5                    Plaintiff,             Judge Winkler

          6                    VS.                    Case No.: A8409606

          7     CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL
                CENTER, et  al.,
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                               Defendants.

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         11              The deposition of STEVEN C. HALL, M.D., taken
         12     in the above entitled case, before Mary Maslowski, CSR
         13     and Notary Public in and for the County of Cook and
         14     State of Illinois, on the 20th day of April, 1990, at
         15     1:30 p.m., at 2300 Children's Plaza, Children's
         16     Memorial Hospital, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois,
         17     pursuant to notice.
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          1            PRESENT:
          2                 WEISMAN, GOLDBERG, WEISMAN & KAUFMAN
                            CO., LPA,
          3                 BY MR.  HOWARD D. MISHKIND,
                            1600 Midland Building,
          4                 Landmark Office Towers,
          5                 Cleveland, Ohio  44115,

          6                   appeared on behalf of the plaintiff;

                            JACOBSON, MAYNARD, TUSCHMAN & KALUR
          7                 CO., LPA,
                            BY MR.  DONALD W. DARBY,
          8                 2240 Meidinger Tower,
                            Louisville Galleria,
          9                 Louisville, Kentucky  40202,
        10                    appeared on behalf of the defendant
                              Dr. Striker.
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                       ALSO PRESENT:
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                            DR. THEODORE W. STRIKER.
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          2     WITNESS
          3          Steven C. Hall, M.D.
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          1             MR. MISHKIND:  Let the record reflect that the
          2    Plaintiffs in the case of Michael Zweigart vs.
          3    Children's Hospital Medical Center are taking the
          4    discovery deposition of Dr. Steven Hall, and we are
          5    here at Children's Memorial Medical Center in Chicago,
          6    Illinois for the purpose of conducting that deposition
          7    and that the deposition is being taken pursuant to Ohio
          8    Civil Rule 26 for purposes of determining what the
          9    doctor's opinions are in this case.
        10                      STEVEN C. HALL, M.D.,
        11     having been first duly sworn, was examined and
        12     testified as follows:
        13                       DIRECT EXAMINATION
        14     BY MR.  MISHKIND:
        15         Q    Would you start out by introducing yourself on
        16     the record, giving us your full name.
        17         A    My name is Steven Charles Hall.
        18         Q    And you are a pediatric anesthesiologist?
        19         A    That's correct.
        20         Q    Doctor, we do not have your CV currently
        21     available.  we may have it toward the end of the
        22     deposition.  But since the article in Dripps on
        23     pediatric anesthesiology, have you written any other
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          I         A   Yes.
          2         Q   And what would that be in terms of recent
          3    publications?
          4         A   Within the last year I've had published two
          5    chapters in surg