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             2    THE STATE OF OHIO,
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             3    COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA)

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                                 IN TH E COU RT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                  CHARLES E SMITH and
             6    VIVIAN LEE SMITH,

             7                 Plaintiffs,

             8             VS                     Case No  69373

             9    SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL
                  and E L HENDERSHOT, MD,)
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                               Defendants
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                               DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM  LIPPY,  MD
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                                   WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1987
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                        Deposition of WilliaM Lippy, MD, a
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                  witness called for examination by the Plaintiff
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                  under the Ohio Rules of Civil  Procedure,  taken
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                  before me, Richard G DelMonico, a Registered
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                  Professional Reporter and Notary  Public  within
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                  and for the State of Ohio, pursuant  to  notice,
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                  at the office of Dr William Lippy, East Market
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                  Street, Warren, Ohio commencing at 3:00 pm the
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                  day and date above set forth
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             2    APPEARANCES:

             3          On behalf of the Plaintiffs:

             4          ERIC KENNEDY, ESQ
                        Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman
             5          540 Leader Building
                        Cleveland, Ohio  44114
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             7          On behalf of the Defendant
                        Dr Hendershot:
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                        LESLIE J SPISAK, ESQ
             9          Reminger & Reminger
                        113 St Clair Avenue
            10          Cleveland, Ohio   4 4 1 1 4

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             1                     MR KENNEDY:  Let the record

             2              reflect this is the discovery

             3              deposition of the defendant's  expert

             4              doctor, Dr William Lippy, taken

             5              pursuant to Ohio Civil Rule 26(b)(4)

             6              we have an agreement amongst  counsel

             7              any defect in the requirements  under

             8              the Rules of Civil Procedure,

             9              particularly pertaining to the rules of

           10               notice, will hereby be waived

           11                      MR SPISAK:  Sure

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           13                    WILLIAM H LIPPY, MD

           14     of lawful age, called as a witness by the Plaintiff

           15     pursuant to the Ohio Rules of Civil  Procedure,

           16     being by me first duly sworn, as hereinafter

           17     certified, deposed and said as follows:

           18                    CROSS EXAMINATION

           19     BY MR  KENNEDY:
           20     Q    Doctor, I'm going to start by giving  you
           21     what has been marked for identification as
           22     Plaintiff'S Deposition Exhibit 1 Is  that  the
           23     rpport you prepared and sent to Mr Leslie
           24     Spisak?
           25     A   Yes
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             1    Q     Is that your signature at the bottom of the

             2    report?

             3    A    It is either mine or someone who signs  for

             4    me, but I'm familiar with the report

             5    Q    That would be a report you constructed  and

             6    put together?

             7    A    It would be a report that Dr Schuring  and

             8    1 did together  He is my associate and we

             9    discussed this together

            10    Q    Did you have an opportunity to review  that

            11    prior to it being sent to Mr Spisak?

            12    A    Probably not, but it is accurate

            13    Q    You have had an opportunity then to  review

            14    it today though?

            15    A    Ye s
            16    Q    And I'll give you an opportunity to  review
            17    it now just to let me know, does that  accurately
            1 8   reflect