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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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                     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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         5                        EISENBERG, ROTHWEILER, SCHLEIFFER,
                                  WEINSTEIN AND WINKLER, P.C.
         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