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CAITLIN ANN PEARSON, A Minor, etc, et a

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ST JOHN & WEST SHORE HOSPITAL, ET AL
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DEPOSITION OF@ JOHN P O'GRADY, MD, taken
7 before Micheline I Bourbonnais, Certified
Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public pursuant
8 to Rule 30 of the Ohio Rules of Civil
Procedure, at the Sheraton Springfield -
9 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts at
6@00 pm on MAY 24, 1993
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APPEARANCES:
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WEISMAN, GOLDBERG & WEISMAN CO, LPA, 1600 The
12 Midland Building, Landmark Office Towers, 101
Prospect Avenue, West, Cleveland, Ohio 44115,
13 representing the Plaintiff
BY: FRED WEISMAN, ESQUIRE
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REMINGER & REMINGER CO, LPA, The 113 St Clair
15 Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1273,
representing the Defendant St John & West
16 Shore Hospital
BY: LESLIE J SPISAK, ESQ
17 ALAN B PARKER, ESQUIRE

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Micheline I Bourbonnais
19 Certified Shorthand Reporter

20 PHILBIN & ASSOCIATES
Certified Shorthand Reporters
21 Certificate of Proficiency
Certificate of Merit
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1500 Main Street - Suite 1514 PD Box 402
23 Springfield, MA 01115 Pittsfield, MA 01201
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2 JACOBSON, MAYNARD, TUSCHMAN & KALUR, 1001 Lakeside
Avenue - Suite 1600, Cleveland, Ohio 44114,
3 representing the Defendant Doctor Anthony
Bacevice and Elyria OBGYN
4 BY: JEROME S KALUR, ESQUIRE

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I JOHN P OIGRADY MD Deponent, having been
2 first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
3 DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR  KALUR
4 Q Would you state your name for the record?
5 A John Patrick O'Grady
6 Q Doctor O'Grady, would you tell me when you
7 were first contacted in this case?
8 A My recollection is the latter portion of
9 last year, I was actually contacted by the
10 pathologist at our institution who was looking at
11 same placenta slides in this case and she commented
12 an the case that I would probably be called by Mr
13 Spisak's office with Doctor Pfluger in our
14 department of pathology She and I reviewed slides
15 periodically in our interest in pathology so she
16 mentioned this case and I might be called on it  My
17 recollection is that was the latter portion of 1992,
18 September, or October perhaps
19 Q When were you further contacted about this
20 case after the initial discussion with Doctor
21 Pfluger?
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I a portion of the records and I didn't see them for
2 sometime As I recall, I did not become active in
3 reviewing this case until early 1983
4 Q When would early be, January?
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I A Yes I am sorry, I don't have my file here
6 that lists all the correspondents, I would guess it
7 would be January - February of 1983 If you need
8 the exact dates I could extract them from my file
9 Q We don't need the exact dates, your best
10 approximation Can you tell me what materials have
11 been furnished to you by Mr Spisak or anyone from
12 his office?
13 A I received deposition materials from the
14 various persons, I received several letters of
15 correspondence from Mr Spdsak's office, I have
16 received records on the mother's hospitalization, I
17 received a copy of the office records, and I
18 received records related to the child's treatment
19 both acutely at St John and West Shore Hospital and
20 after transfer as well, then a whole series of
21 documents go to subsequent therapy over, I gather,
22 several years
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2 A I reviewed and read the depositions of, as
3 1 recall, malJor actors, I received one from an
4 expert witness for the plaintiff, an expert witness
5 for the defense, and from, as I recall, three or
6 four of the nurses There was as well some type of
7 report from someone in nursing who was a nurse
8 expert of some type and I've forgotten her name, I
9 am sorry, I'm not good at names
10 Q Do you remember the nurse
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