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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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                  DANIEL AND DOROTHY PINTO   : AUGUST TERM, 1999
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         7                   VS             :
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         8        GENERAL MOTORS CORP, TRUCK:
                  DIVISION, BRISKIN          :
         9        MANUFACTURING CO AND NUCAR:
                  CONNECTION, INC           :  NO 3042
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                                      OCTOBER 5, 2001
        12                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                         VOLUME III
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                                        AM SESSION
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE, J
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                  APPEARANCES:
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                               DE MARCO AND DE MARCO
         6                     BY:  LAWRENCE G DE MARCO, ESQUIRE
                                    RHONDA LEE, ESQUIRE
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               LAVIN, COLEMAN, O'NEIL, RICCI, FINARELLI
        10                     AND GRAY
                               BY:  MARY GRACE MALEY, ESQUIRE
        11                          MICHAEL J O'MALLEY
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, ESQUIRE
        20                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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         5         WITNESSES:
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         6                          DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

         7          DONALD KLOPP       4      10      17       19
                                      20      34      70       77
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                   DENNIS VALLAD      83      92
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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:  NOW, MR DE MARCO,

         8               YOU MAY PROCEED

         9                           MR DE MARCO:  PLAINTIFF CALLS

        10               DONALD KLOPP, YOUR HONOR

        11                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

        12               NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE

        13                           THE COURT:  DONALD KLOPP

        14                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        15               HAND ON THE BIBLE

        16                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        17               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        18               TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        19               SO HELP YOU GOD?

        20                           THE WITNESS:   I DO

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         2        BY MR DE MARCO:

         3        Q     MR KLOPP, WHAT IS YOUR