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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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                     NEIL PORITSKY, ADMINSTRATOR      : JANUARY TERM, 2002
         7           OF THE ESTATE OF DARREN PORITSKY,:
                     DECEASED AND SEAN PORITSKY, A    :
         8           MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HIS P/N/G  :
                     DEBRA PORITSKY AND AUSTIN        :
         9           PORITSKY, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH:
                     HIS P/N/G REBECCA YOUNG          :
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                             VS.                      :
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                     SHELDON KARABELL, M.D.           :
        12                   AND                      :
                     RICHARD M. SKAROFF, M.D., ET AL. : NO. 3187
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                                            APRIL 15, 2004
        15                             COURTROOM 650, CITY HALL
                                      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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        18           BEFORE:  HONORABLE SHELDON C. JELIN, J.
                                              AND A JURY
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                                              VOLUME IV
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                                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        24                             OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                     APPEARANCES:
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         3                        RICHMAN, BERENBAUM ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
                                  BY:  BLAKE BERENBAUM, ESQUIRE
         4                        COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS

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         6                        YOUNG & MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
                                  BY:  MICHAEL MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
         7                        COUNSEL FOR DR. SKAROFF

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         9                        GOLDFEIN & JOSEPH
                                  BY:  BERNARD LEVINTHAL, ESQUIRE
        10                        COUNSEL FOR DR. KARABELL

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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
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                     WITNESSES:
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                       PHILIP SPERGEL    10      14         41
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                       MICHAEL GREENBERG 43      48
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         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         5                        (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6                  COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                              THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING,

         8                  LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.  YOU MAY

         9                  CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS, COUNSEL.

        10                              MR. BERENBAUM:  GOOD MORNING,

        11                  YOUR HONOR.  I MUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A

        12                  SIDEBAR.

        13                        (TH