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                                 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                  TAMEKA CALEB, AN INCAPACITATED : AUG. TERM, 1998
         6        PERSON BY BRENDA CALEB

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         8        STRICK CORPORATION
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         9        CRST, INC.
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        10        LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN            :  NO. 4365
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                                     NOVEMBER 16, 2000
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                                         VOLUME IV
        13                    TESTIMONY OF BRIAN SULLIVAN
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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        15                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        22                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER

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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     ANAPOL, SCHWARTZ, WEISS, COHAN
                               FELDMAN AND SMALLEY, P.C.
         5                     BY:  SOL H. WEISS, ESQUIRE
                               MICHELLE ALTENPOHL, ESQUIRE
         6                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               RAWLE & HENDERSON, L.L.P.
         8                     BY:  THOMAS KUZMICK, ESQUIRE,
                               COUNSEL FOR STRICK CORP.
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        10                     BY:  THOMAS J. WAGNER, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR CRST, INC. AND LAWRENCE
        11                     CHRISTIAN

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         4        LORRAINE BUCHANAN   4

         5        BRIAN SULLIVAN      37

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         2                           MR. WEISS:  YOUR HONOR, I'D

         3               LIKE TO CALL LORRAINE BUCHANNON TO THE

         4               STAND.

         5                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

         6               NAME FOR THE RECORD.

         7                           THE WITNESS:  LORRAINE

         8               BUCHANNON, 214 WINGED FOOT DRIVE, BLUE

         9               BELL, PENNSYLVANIA.

        10                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        11               HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        12                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        13               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        14               TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        15               SO HELP YOU GOD?

        16                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

        17                     (THE WITNESS WAS DULY SWORN.)

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        21                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        24        BY MR. WEISS:
 
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         1        Q.     GOOD MORNING.

         2        A.     GOOD MORNING.

         3        Q.     COULD YOU TELL THE JURY WHAT YOUR

         4        PROFESSION IS?

         5        A.     I AM A REGISTERED NURSE.

         6        Q.     COULD YOU TELL THE JURY THE EDUCATION YOU

         7        HAD TO BE A REGISTERED NURSE?

         8        A.     I HAD FIRST AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING

         9        FROM GWYNND MERCY C