THOMAS J ANTOS, MD

            1                 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
            2                   OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO
            3                        CIVIL DIVISION
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            5  KAREN PEDID, Executrix of the
            6  Estate of JUDITH MARIE BUSH,
            7                     Plaintiffs,
            a               Va                     Case No 274917
            9  KAISER   FOUNDATION HEALTH
           10  PLAN OF  OHIO,  et &I,
           11                     Defendants
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           13           DEPOSITION OF THOMAS J ANTOS, MD,
           14  taken pursuant   to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil
           15  Procedure,   before Jean M Bujdos, Court
           16  Reporter-Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth
           17  of Pennsylvania, on Thursday, August 31, 1995, at
           18  1350 Locust Street, Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA
           19  15219, commencing at 4;00 o'clock pm
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                                THOMAS J ANTOS, MD

                               A P P E A R A N C E
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            3 on behalf of the Plaintiffs:
            4          Marilena Lencewicz, Eaquire
            5          Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman Co, LPA
            6          1600 Midland Building
            7          Landmark Office Towers
            a          Cleveland, OH  44115
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          10  On behalf of the Defendant;
          11           Richard M Markus, Esquire
          12           Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
          13           1700 Huntington Building
          14           Cleveland, OH  44115-1483
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          17                          I N D E X
          18  WITNESS                 EXAMINATION BY            PAGE
          19  THOMAS J ANTOS, MD   Mr Markus                  3
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                                 THOMAS J ANTOS, MD

                                 P R 0 C E E D I N 9 S
             2                    (4:36 o'clock pm)
             3                   THOMAS J ANTOS, MD,
             4 the deponent, having been first duly sworn, was
             5 deposed and testified as follows:
             6                        EXAMINATION
             7 BY MR MARKUS;
             8    O    State your full name please, air
             9    A    Thomas J Antos
             10   Q    You are a physician?
             11   A    I am
             12   Q-    And you are licensed to practice in
             13 Pennsylvania?
             14   A    Correct
             15   Q-    What year, air?
             1 6  A    1 9 6 9 
             17   Q    Would you give us a brief review of your
             18 medical training
             19   A    I attended St Vincent College in Latrobe,
             20 Pennsylvania in a pre-med course, a four-year
             21 college course, from 1961 through 1965  I then
             22 attended Hahnemann Medical College and HoBpital from
             23 1965 through 1969, graduated and interned from 1969


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                               THOMAS J ANTOS, MD

            I to 1970 at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh
            2    Q   Hahnomann is where?
            3    A   Hahnemann Medical College that's in
            4 Philadelphia and then came to Mercy Hospital in  1969
            5 through 1970 as a straight medical intern and then
            6 did a two-year residency following my internship in
            7 internal medicine at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh,  and
            8 then went into practice in 1972 and became board
            9 certified in 1972 in internal medicine
          10          In 1988, I received an additional
          11  certification in geriatric medicine and have been  in
          12  private practice of medicine since 1972 at this
          13  current location
          14     Q-   Would you characterize yourself as a  primary
          15  care physician?
          16     A   That's correct
          17     Q   Has that been the nature of your practice
          IS  since 1972?
          19     A   Yes
          20     Q   I notice that your office is physically