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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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                 VIRGINIA GERWIG, INDIVIDUALLY : SEPTEMBER TERM, 2000
         6       AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE:
                 OF CHARLES BRIAN GERWIG,      :
         7       DECEASED                      :
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         8              VS.                    :
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         9       DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL       :
                 CENTER,  D/B/A FRANKFORD      :
        10       FRANKFORD HOSPITAL - BUCKS    :
                 COUNTY, JILL KANE, D.O.,      :
        11       DEL-VAL EMERGENCY SERVICES,   :
                 INC., ANTHONY ROCK, D.O.,     :
        12       JOSEPH M. CORVASCE, M.D., AND :
                 JOSEPH M. CORAVASCE, M.D.,    :
        13       P.C.                          : NO. 0960

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                                      MAY 14, 2003
        16                       COURTROOM 483, CITY HALL
                                PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                       VOLUME IV
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                 BEFORE:  THE HONORABLE J. GARY F. DIVITO,
        20                              AND A JURY

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                 APPEARANCES:
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                               MC ELDREW AND FULLAM
         5                     NANCY FULLAM, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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                               PLAKINS, RIEFFEL AND RAY
         8                     BY:  NAOMI PLAKINS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. ROCK
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                               MONAGHAM, FERRANTE AND FORTIN
        11                     ROBERT FORTIN, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. KANE
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                               STAHL AND DE LAURENTIS, P.C.
        14                     BY:  JAMES F. GALLO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
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                               JAMES P. KILCOYNE AND ASSOCIATES
        17                     BY:  MICHAEL PITT, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. CORVASCE
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                              OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER.
        22                    COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

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         5                          (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

         6                 OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7                 JURY:)

         8                               MR. FORTIN:  YOUR HONOR,

         9                 WE WOULD OBJECT TO MR. MEHLMAN IF IT

        10                 CONCERNS THE STANDARD OF CARE CONCERNING

        11                 DR. KANE OR THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS

        12                 WOULD BE CLEARLY CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE.

        13                 WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM TWO EXPERTS, A

        14                 CARDIOLOGIST AND AN EMERGENCY ROOM

        15                 EXPERT ON THIS ISSUE AND YET A THIRD

        16                 EXPERT WHO IS NOT GOING TO ADD ANYTHING

        17                 NEW TO THE TESTIMONY THAT HAS ALREADY

        18                 BEEN PROVIDE