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                    IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
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                            FIRST JUDICIAL COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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         6          WALTER BRODERICK CROWE    : AUGUST TERM, 1995
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         7               VS.                  :
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         8          FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.,     : NO. 3290
                    MACK TRUCKS, INC.,        :
         9          AMERICAN LA FRANCE CORP., :
                    SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS,  :
        10          INC.                      :

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        12                              MAY 26, 1998
                                        VOLUME FOUR
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                         COURTROOM "G", COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
        15                          WANAMAKER BUILDING
                                PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:    HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.
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                                 GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        20                           1321 ARCH STREET
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
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         2        APPEARANCES:

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                               KENNETH L. MIRSKY, ESQUIRE
         4                     MICHAEL B. L. HEPPS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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         6                     POST & SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY AND WALKER
         7                     JAMES H. COX, ESQUIRE
                               JENNIFER SHERMAN, ESQUIRE
         8                     COUNSEL FOR FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.

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                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
        10                     BY:  JERROLD P. ANDERS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR MACK TRUCKS
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        12                     MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER,
                               COLEMAN & GOGGIN
        13                     BY:  LOUIS BELL, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS
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        15                     MORGAN, HALLGREN, CROSSWELL & KANE, P.C.
                               BY:  ANTHONY SCHIMANECK, ESQUIRE
        16                     COUNSEL FOR AMERICAN LA FRANCE CORP.

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         1                               I_N_D_E_X
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         2        WITNESSES:

         3                              DIRECT   CROSS    REDIRECT

         4        ARNOLD K. BRENMAN        9       47        66

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         7        P-26  DR. WILCOX'S C.V.          8

         8        P-29  DEPOSITION OF DR. BEITER   8

         9        P-32  DR. WILCOX'S DEPOSITION    8

        10        D-67  ENLARGED AUDIOGRAM         25

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         2                          MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

         6               OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  LET THE RECORD REFLECT

         8               THAT WE FINISHED THE VIDEOTAPE OF DR. BEITER

         9               AND PRIOR TO STARTING IT THIS MORNING I MADE A

        10               BRIEF STATEMENT TO THE JURY REITERATING THE

        11               ISSUES IN THE CASE FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVES, THE

        12               PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT