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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 16, 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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        20                                     VOLUME V

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        24                             GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                                       OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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         3                        RICHMAN, BERENBAUM ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
                                  BY:  BLAKE BERENBAUM, ESQUIRE
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         6                        YOUNG & MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
                                  BY:  MICHAEL MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
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