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I IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

2 CUYAHOGA COUNTYr OHIO

3 JACK ALBANO, A0 _N7

4 Plaintiff, 76
JUDGE CORRIGAN
5 _vs- CASE NO. 153043

6 HAMMOND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
et al.,
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Defendants.
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10 Deposition of ROD W. DURGIN, Ph.D., taken as

11 if upon cross-examination before M. Sheila

12 Hanlon, a Notary Public within and for the State

13 of Ohio, at the offices of Weisman, Goldberg,

14 Weisman & Kaufman, 1600 Midland Building,

15 Cleveland, Ohio, at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday,

16 February 6, 1992, pursuant to notice and/or

17 stipulations of counsel, on behalf of the

18 Defendants in this cause.

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MEHLER & HAGESTROM
21 Court Reporters
1750 Midland Building
22 Cleveland, Ohio 44115
 216.621.4984
23 FAX 621.0050
 800.822.0650
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1 APPEARANCES:

2 Eric Kennedy, Esq.
Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kaufman
3 1600 Midland Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
4 (216) 781-1111,

5 on behalf of the Plaintiff;

6 Thomas Cabral, Esq.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman
7 Seventh Floor Bulkley Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
8 (216) 241-5310,

9 On behalf of the Defendant,
Hammond Construction Company;
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John Rea, Esq.
11 Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea
2121 The Superior Building
12 Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 241-3435,
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On behalf of the Defendant,
14 Salvaggi's.

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1 ROD W. DURGIN, Ph.D., of lawful age,
2 called by the Defendants for the purpose of
3 cross-examination, as provided by the Rules of
4 Civil Procedure, being by me first duly sworn,
5 as hereinafter certified, deposed and said as
6 follows:
7 CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ROD W. DURGIN, Ph.D.
8 BY MR. CABRAL:
9 Q. Mr. Durgin, can you state your name for the
10 record, please?
11 A. Yes, it's Dr. Rod W. Durgin.
12 Q. Doctor, have you been deposed before?
13 A. Yes, I have.
14 Q. on about how many occasions?
15 A. I have no idea.
16 Q. More than 10?
17 A. More than 10.
18 Q. Well, I imagine you have a pretty good idea how
19 this works. If you don't understand my
20 question, please ask me to restate or repeat
21 it. Sometimes I tend to speak rapidly, if you
22 don't hear me, ask me to repeat it. Otherwise,
23 I will assume you understood the question, and
24 also you have to speak verbally for the court
25 reporterrs sake.
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1 A. All right.
2 Q. Doctor, I understand you are employed by
3 Vocational Asse