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         1                      IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT

         2                          LAKE COUNTY, OHIO

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         4    VICTOR BUKKY, ADMINISTRATOR,
              ETC.,
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                             Plaintiff,
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                        VS.                     NO.  91 CV 001463
         7                                      JUDGE MARTIN 0. PARKS
              LAKE HOSPITAL  SYSTEM, INC.,
         8    et al.,

         9                   Defendants.

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       11          Deposition of DR.  WILLIAM B. BAUMAN, a witness herein,

       12     called by the Plaintiff for cross-examination pursuant to

       13     the Rules of Civil Procedure, taken before me, the

       14     undersigned, Denise K. Reed, a Stenographic Reporter and

       15     Notary Public in and for the State of Ohio, at 55 Arch

       16     Street, Akron, Ohio, at 4:10 o'clock, p.m., on Wednesday,

       17     the llth day of November, 1992.

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         1    APPEARANCES:

         2        On behalf of the Plaintiff:

         3             Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman Company, LPA

         4        By:  R. Eric Kennedy, Attorney at Law
                       1600 Midland Building
         5             Cleveland, Ohio  44115

         6        On behalf of the Defendants:

         7             Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur

         8        By:  David W. Sumner, Attorney at Law
                       1001 Lakeside Avenue, Suite 1600
         9             Cleveland, Ohio  44114-1192

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       11              MR. KENNEDY:  If you will, swear in the Doctor.

       12                       DR. WILLIAM B. BAUMAN

       13     of lawful age, a witness herein, having been first duly

       14     sworn as hereinafter certified, deposed and testified as

       15     follows:

       16                         CROSS-EXAMINATION

       17     By Mr. Kennedy:

       18     Q   Doctor, my name is Eric Kennedy.  I represent the

       19     estate of Victoria Bukky.

       20         If I ask you any question and you don't understand the

       21     question, you'll, I'm sure, stop me and let me know you

       22     didn't understand the question.

       23         Is that agreeable?

       24     A   Sure.

       25     Q   If you don't hear the question, again, don't answer it,



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         1     but let me know that you didn't hear.  I'll repeat it so
         2     that hopefully you do.  All right.
         3         Please state your full name.
         4     A   Dr. William Bauman.
         5     Q   Your professional address?
         6     A   55 Arch Street, Akron, Ohio, 44304.
         7     Q   Doctor, do you have an opinion as to what was causing
         8     the symptomatology being complained of by Victoria Bukky on
         9     10/16/89 when she presented to the emergency room?
       10                MR. SUMNER:  In retrospect based upon --
       11                MR. KENNEDY:  In retrospect, yes.
       12                MR. SUMNER:  -- the data he's reviewed?
       13      By Mr. Kennedy:
       14      Q   Based on everything that you know in this case,
       15      including autopsy findings.
       16      A   Yes, I have an opinion.
       17      Q   What is your opinion in that regard?
       18      A   Well, she at that time had a bronchitis and, in
       19      retrospect, appears to have been having angina as well as
       20      the bronchitis.
       21      Q   And angina would be chest pain caused by heart disease?
       22      A   Angina would be discomfort caused by heart disease.
       23      Q   Not necessarily chest pain?
       24      A   Right.
       25      Q   When you say that she was experiencing retrospectively

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         1    angina, more specifically, what do you characterize as
         2    angina as it relates to her complaints?
         3    A   Well, she complained at that time of a burning
         4    sensation in the upper -- let me just quote this
         5    specifically here.  "Had been having burning sensation -
         6    pain," and I think, in retrospect, that probably was angina.
         7    Q   That burning sensation, from your interpretation of