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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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                     AURALEE COLLINS, ADMINISTRATRIX : JUNE TERM, 2001
         6           FOR THE ESTATE OF BRUCE W      :
                     COLLINS, DECEASED               :
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                                 VS                 :
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                     HEALTH SOUTH CORPORATION, T/A   :
         9           SCRANTON SURGERY AND LASER      :
                     CENTER, ET AL                  :  NO 976
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                                          NOVEMBER 10, 2003
        12                             COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                     BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE, J
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         3           APPEARANCES:

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         5                        EISENBERG, ROTHWEILER, SCHLEIFFER,
                                  WEINSTEIN AND WINKLER, PC
         6                        BY:  KENNETH M ROTHWEILER, ESQUIRE
                                       ERIC ZJACK, ESQUIRE
         7                        COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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         9                        GOLDFEIN AND HOSMER
                                  BY:  E CHANDLER HOSMER, III, ESQUIRE
        10                             COUNSEL FOR DR BRUTICO
                                  AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ASSOCIATES
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                                  WHITE & WILLIAMS
        13                        BY:  NOREEN KEMETHER, ESQUIRE
                                  COUNSEL FOR PATRICK J GRADY, MD
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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
        23                        OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                  COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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         4           WITNESSES:

         5                              DIRECT  CROSS   REDIRECT   RECROSS

         6             ANTHONY BRUTICO     5       6

         7             DEBORAH PUGH        48      77       85

         8             PATRICK GRADY, MD 86      118      135       136

         9             EMIL LIEBMAN, MD  140     145      207        212
                                           150     163
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         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         5                              (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

         6                  OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7                  JURY:)

         8                              THE COURT:  NOW, DR BRUTICO, I

         9                  BELIEVE YOU WERE ON THE WITNESS STAND

        10                  FINISHING UP DIRECT, I BELIEVE  DO YOU

        11                  MIND RESUMING THE STAND?

        12                              COURT CRIER:  PLEASE STATE YOUR

        13                  FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD

        14                              THE WITNESS:  ANTHONY C

        15                  BRUTICO

        16                              COURT CRIER:  YOU'VE BEEN

        17                  PREVIOUSLY SWORN  YOU ARE STILL UNDER

        18                  OATH

        19                              (THE WITNESS WAS PREVIOUSLY

        20                  SWORN)