I   State of Ohio,
                                          S S
          2   County of Cuyahoga.

          3                                 - - -

          4                     IN THE  COURT  OF COMMON PLEAS

          5                                 - - -

          6   James Peskin,  a  minor,  etc.,
              et al.,
          7
                                Plaintiffs,
          8                                       Case No. 148870
                     VS.
          9                                       Judge Gaughan
              The Mt.  Sinai Medical Center,
        10    et al.,

        11                      Defendants.

        1 2                                 - - -

        13             DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM   A. COOK, M.D.

        14                 THURSDAY, JANUARY   10, 1991

        1 5                                 - - -

        16    The deposition of William A. Cook, M.D., a witness

        17    herein, called by the Plaintiffs for exarnination

        18    under the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, taken

        19    before me, Ivy J. Gantverg, Registered Professional

        20    Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State of

        21    Ohio, by agreernent of counsel and without further

        22    notice or other legal formalities, at Akron General

        23    Medical Center, 400 Wabash Avenue, Akron, Ohio,

        24    commencing at 7:40 p.m., on the day and date above

        25    set forth.



                                MORSE, GANTVERG & HODGE

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          1  APPEARANCES:

          2  Ori behalf of the Plaintiffs:

          3         Richard J. Berris, Esq.
                    Laurence Powers, Esq.
          4         Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kaufman
                    1600 Midland Building
          5         Cleveland, Ohio    44115

          6  On behalf of Defendants Gerald Weinberg, M.D. and
                LeRoy Dierker, M.D.;
          7
                    John M. Baker,  Esq.
          8         Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley
                    2500 Terminal  Tower
          9         Cleveland,  Ohio  44113

        10              and

        11          Emery J. Leuchtag, Esq.
                    Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman
        12