IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

                               FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                         CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                     EDNA DIAL                    : DECEMBER TERM, 2001

                            V.

                     PAUL B. HELLER, M.D.         :  NO. 1565

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                                              CITY HALL
                                            COURTROOM 453
                                          PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                     TESTIMONY OF RICHARD LUCIANI, M.D.

                                             JUNE 8, 2004



                     BEFORE:  HON. N. I. QUINONES ALEJANDRO, J.
                              AND A JURY
 






                     A P P E A R A N C E S :



                            ANDREW NAPOLI, ESQUIRE
                            COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF



                            YOUNG & MC GILVERY, P.C.
                            BY:  GEORGE R. YOUNG, JR.,ESQUIRE
                            COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT






























                     REPORTED_BY:
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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                                  OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 






                                              I_N_D_E_X
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                      WITNESSES:
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                                         DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

                       RICHARD LUCIANI     4       7        62      64
                                           20     36
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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:  CALL YOUR NEXT

         8                  WITNESS.

         9                              MR. NAPOLI:  DR. LUCIANI.

        10                              COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

        11                  NAME FOR THE RECORD.

        12                              THE WITNESS:  RICHARD LUCIANI.

        13                              COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        14                  HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        15                        DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        16                  TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        17                  TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        18                  SO HELP YOU GOD?

        19                              THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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        23                           DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        25           BY MR. NAPOLI:
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         1           Q.    DR. LUCIANI, YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY

         2           INTO THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE THE COURT REPORTER

         3           CAN'T HEAR YOU OTHERWISE.

         4           A.    THANK YOU.

         5           Q.    I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS

         6           CONCERNING YOUR MEDICAL BACKGROUND.  FROM WHAT

         7           MEDICAL SCHOOL DID YOU GRADUATE AND WHEN?

         8           A.    THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF

         9           NEW JERSEY.  THAT WAS IN 1976.

        10           Q.    FOLLOWING MEDICAL SCHOOL DID YOU UNDERGO AN

        11           INTERNSHIP OR RESIDENCY?

        12           A.    I TRAINED AS A RESIDENT AT THE ST. BARNABAS

        13           MEDICAL CENTER IN LIVINGSTONE, NEW JERSEY, IN

        14           OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY FROM 1976 THROUGH 1980.

        15           Q.    AFTER 1980 WHAT DID YOU DO?

        16           A.    IN 1980 I WENT INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH MY

        17           CURRENT PARTNERS.  WE PRACTICE IN MILBOURNE, NEW

        18           JERSEY.  WE PRACTICE OUT OF TWO COMMUNITY

        19           HOSPITALS, ST. BARNABAS IN LIVINGSTONE AND

        20           OVERLOOKING SUMMIT AND OUR PRACTICE IS OBSTETRICS

        21           AND GYNECOLOGY.

        22           Q.    WHAT IS BOARD CERTIFICATION?

        23           A.    BOARD CERTIF