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               State of Ohio,
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           2   County of Lake.

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           4                IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

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           6   Victor Bukky, Admr. of the
               Estate of Victoria L. Bukky,
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                                  Plain@iff,
           8                                      )Case No. 90 CV 00143S
                       VS.
           9                                      )Judge Parks
               Lake  Hospital  System,  et  al.,
          10
                                  Defendants.

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          13             DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM BAUMAN, M.D.
          14                WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1992
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          16   The deposition of William Bauman, M.D., a witness
          17   herein, called by the Defendant for examination
          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 agreement of counsel and without further
          22   notice or other legal formalities, at 55 Arch
          23   Street, Akron, Ohio, commencing at 4:10 p.m., on the
          24   day and  date  above  set  forth.
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          I   APPEARANCES:

          2   On behalf of the Plaintiff:

          3          R. Eric Kennedy, Esq.
                     Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman
          4          1600 Midland Building
                     Cleveland, Ohio   44115
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              on behalf of Defendant Efren Glorioso, M.D.:
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                     David Sumner, Esq.
          7          Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman   Kalur
                     1001 Lakeside Avenue - Suite 1600
          8          Cleveland, Ohio  44114

          9   Also Present:

         10          Douglas Clark, Videographer

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          I                 (Thereupon, Defendant's Exhibits A
          2          through H were marked for identification.)
          3                   WILLIAM 3AUMAN, M.D.
          4   a witness herein, called by the defendant for
          5   examination under the Rules, having been first duly
          6   sworn, as hereinafter certified, was deposed and
          7   said as follows:
          a                    DIRECT EXAMINATION
          9   BY MR.  SUMNER:
         10   Q.     State your full name, please.
         11   A.     I am Dr. William Bauman.
         12   Q.     Doctor, what is your professional address?
         13   A.     55 Arch Street, Akron, Ohio.
         14   Q.     Doctor, could you explain for the benefit of
         15   the jury the nature of your current practice?
         16   A.     The nature of my practice is clinical
         17   cardiology, that is, I am a physician taking care of
         18   heart patients.
         19   Q.     And what experience do you have with
         20   angioplasty techniques, if any?
         21   A.     Well, for the benefit of the jury,
         22   angioplasty techniques, better known as balloon
         23   angioplasty, is a procedure where the blockage in an
         24   artery is opened with a small balloon that is
         25   inserted into the arter-y.


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           I           Angioplasty became available in the United
           2   States in about 1979.  In about 1981, I began doing
           3   angioplasty.  So I have been doing angioplasty for
           4   about twelve, thirteen years now.
           5   Q.      How many would you say you perform on an
           6   annual  basis, on average?
           '7  A.      Oh, for the last five or six years, I perform
           a   @@So   @o 300 balloon procedures.
           9   Q.      What hospitals or medical centers are you on
         10    staff,  Doctor?
         11    A.      The primary hospital where I practice is
         12    Akron   Ciry Hospital, but I am also on staff at
         13    St. Thomas Hospital and Akron General Medical
         14    Center.
         15    Q.      Could you tell the jur-I your medical training
         16    and background, to include your internship and
         17    residency training?
         18    A.      My medical school training was obtained at
         19    University of Cincinnati.  After I graduated from
         20    four years of medical school in Cincinnati, I went
         21    to