2                      THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

        3                        CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO

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        5         JAMES PESKIN, a minor by and
                  his Father and Next Friend,
                  ALLAN PESKIN, and
                  ALLAN PESKIN and BARBARA PESKIN,)
        7
                                      Plaintiffs,
        8
                         VS.                        )CASE 148870

        9         THE MT.  SINAI MEDICAL CENTER,
                  and CLEVELAND ANESTHESIA GROUP,
        10        and GERALD E. WEINBURG, M.D.,
                  JOYCE HARDAWAY, M.D, and
        11        SYDNEY KATZ, M.D.

        12                            Defendants.

        13

        14               Deposition of DR.  DONALD GARY BENFIELD,

        15        called on behalf of the Defendant for direct

        16        examination pur5uant to the Ohio Rules of Civil

        17        Procedure, taken before Carol Dodrill, Registered

        18        ProfeS5ional Reporter and Notary Public in and for

                  the State of Ohio, at the offices of Dr. Benfield,
        1 9
                  300 Locust Street, Suite 500, Akron, ohio, on
        20
                  Thursday, January 4, 1990, commencing at
        2 1
                  5:00 p.m..

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                   COURT PEPORTERS  CANTON COL,RT REPORTERS CLEVELAND COURT REPORTERS
                  '16-376-8100          216 - 452 - '40LI     216 - 621 - 6969

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         1     APPEARANCES:


         2     On behalf  of  the  Plaintiffs:


         3          WEISMAN, GOLDBERG, WEISMAN & HAUFMAN CO.


         4     BY:  Richard J. Berris, Attorney at Law
                    1600 Midland Building

         5          Landmark Office Towers
                    Cleveland,   Ohio   44115

         6
               On behalf of the Defendants, Joyce Hardaway, M.D.

         7          Cleveland Anesthesia Group, and Sidney Katz,
                    M.D.

         8
                    QUANDT, GIFFELS, BUCK & RODGERS

         9
               BY:  Robert Quandt, Attorney at Law

         10         800 Leader Building
                    Cleveland,   Ohio

         11
               On behalf of the Defendants, Gerald E.

         12         Weinburg, M.D.


         13         WESTON, HURD, FA