IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  ANGELO LAULETTA, ET AL.    : MAY TERM, 1994

                      VS.

                  TURCO PRODUCTS, INC. ET AL.: NO.  2067


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                                    ROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      FEBRUARY 16, 1999

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                                   TESTIMONY OF B.K. KWON

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                           BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE
                                         AND A JURY

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                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R., OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                               100 S. BROAD STREET, 2ND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056


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                  APPEARANCES:




                               DEMARCO AND DEMARCO
                               BY: JAMES J. DEMARCO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               BY:  PHILIP VOGLER, ESQUIRE
                                    ROBERT MANNINO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR TURCO PRODUCTS AND ASHLAND
                               CHEMICAL
















                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R., OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                               100 S. BROAD STREET, 2ND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056

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                                           INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:

                                       DIRECT     CROSS     REDIRECT



                  B. K. KWON             5         42         71
 
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         1

         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           MR. VOGLER:  I'D LIKE TO CALL AS

         8               OUR NEXT WITNESS MR. B. K. KWON.

         9                           THE COURT:  SINCE THE CRIER IS

        10               NOT HERE YET, I'LL SWEAR THE WITNESS.

        11                     COULD YOU STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE

        12               RECORD, PLEASE.

        13                           THE WITNESS:  MY NAME IS B.K.

        14               KWON.

        15                           THE COURT:  DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU

        16               WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO

        17               YOU TOUCHING UPON THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS

        18               COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

        19                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

        20                     (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY

        21               SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS

        22               FOLLOWS:)

        23

        24
 
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         1                         -      -      -

         2                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

         3                         -      -      -

         4        BY MR. VOGLER:

         5        Q.     MR. KWON, PLEASE TELL THE JURY WHAT YOUR

         6        PROFESSION IS.

         7        A.     I AM A TOXICOLOGIST AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST.

         8        Q.     VERY BRIEFLY, COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THOSE

         9        PROFESSIONS ENTAIL?

        10        A.     A TOXICOLOGIST IS THE ONE WHO STUDIES

        11        TOXICITY OR EFFECT ON BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM BY EITHER

        12        CHEMICALS OR PHYSICAL AGENTS OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.

        13        Q.     WHAT IS THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE?

        14        A.     INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE IS THE FIELD OF

        15        RECOGNIZING OR ASSESSING THE HAZARDS IN