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        2               COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

        3          IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

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        5   NICHOLAS J. AVRAMAUT,       : CIVIL ACTION
            Administrator, etc.,        :
        6   et al .                     :
                      Plaintiffs,       :
        7                               :
                      v s .             :
        8                               :
            RICHARD ESSIG, M.D.,        :
        9   et al .                     :
                      Defendants.       : NO.  112695
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                Philadelphia, PA, May 11, 1989
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      14                   Pretrial Examination of

      15    ARNOLD WILLIAM COHEN, M.D., held  at  the

      16    Palace Hotel, 18th and Parkway,  at  7:55

      17    p.m. on the above date before Wanda

      18    Urbaniak, a Certified Shorthand Reporter,

      19    Registered Professional Reporter, and

      20    Commissioner of Foreign Deeds of the

      21    Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.

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                          FOSTER COURT REPORTING SE-VICE.  IN@ MAY 2 5 1989

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       1   APPEARANCES:

       2        JEROME M. ELLERIN CO., LPA
                BY: JEROME  M.  ELLERIN,  ESQ.
       3              (1717 Bond Court Building
                      Cleveland,  Ohio  44114)
       4        Attorneys for Plaintiffs

       5        QUANDT, GIFFELS, BUCK & RODGERS
                CO., LPA
       6        BY    BETH A. SEBAUGH, ESQ.
                      (800 Leader Building
       7              Cleveland,  Ohio  44114)
                Attorneys for Defendant Richard
       8        Essig, M.D.

       9        REMINGER & REMINGER
                BY:  JOHN R. IRWIN, M.D., ESQ.
      10              (113 St. Clair  Building
                      Cleveland,  Ohio  44114)
      11        Attorneys for Defendants Mauricio
                Camacho, M.D., and Samuel J. Joy, M.D.
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       1                   MR. ELLERIN:  Let  the
       2   record show that the deposition of Dr.
       3   Cohen is being taken this evening by
       4   agreement by and between counsel with all
       5   formalities of service and notice being
       6   waived, correct?
       7                  MR. IRWIN:  Correct.
       8                  MS.  SEBAUGH:  Correct.
       9                  MR. ELLERIN:  And let the
      10   record further show that this is a
      11   discovery deposition of Dr. Cohen in the
      12   case that is captioned 'Avramaut, et al.,
      13   versus Essig, et al., in the  Cuyahoga
      14   County Court of Common Pleas, Case No.
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      16                  ... ARNOLD WILLIAM COHEN,
      17   M.D., after having been duly sworn, was
      18   examined and testified as follows:
      19   BY MR.  ELLERIN:
      20        Q.    Dr. Cohen, I'm going to  be
      21   asking you some questions concerning your
      22   review of the matter of Marie Avramaut.  if
      23   for any reason you don't understand  a
      24   question I ask,.please ask me to repeat it
      25   or rephrase it so that you'll understand
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