IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                           FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                     CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                    ROBERT CROWE              : JUNE TERM, 1995
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                    FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.,     : NO. 3635
                    MACK TRUCKS, INC.,        :
                    AMERICAN LA FRANCE CORP., :
                    SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS,  :
                    INC.                      :

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                                         APRIL 21, 1998
                                           VOLUME TWO
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                            COURTROOM "G", COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
                                       WANAMAKER BUILDING
                                   PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                  BEFORE:    HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.

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                  APPEARANCES:


                               KENNETH L. MIRSKY, ESQUIRE
                               MICHAEL B. L. HEPPS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF



                               POST & SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  ARTHUR M. TOENSMEIER, ESQUIRE
                                    JAMES H. COX, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.



                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
                               BY:  JERROLD P. ANDERS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR MACK TRUCKS



                               MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER,
                               COLEMAN & GOGGIN
                               BY:  LOUIS BELL, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS



                               MORGAN, HALLGREN, CROSSWELL & KANE, P.C.
                               BY:  ANTHONY SCHIMANECK, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR AMERICAN LA FRANCE CORP.
 
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         5        WITNESS:
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         6                             DIRECT       CROSS

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         8         DR. JIRI TICHY       9            83

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        14        EXHIBIT      DESCRIPTION               PAGE

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        16        P-17         C.V. OF DR. TICHY          14

        17        P-18         TABLE                      17

        18        P-19         DIAGRAM                    17

        19        P-20         DIAGRAM                    17

        20        P-8          DOCUMENT                   38

        21        P-21         DOCUMENT                   43

        22        D-1          REPORT                     57

        23        D-2          COPY OF REPORT             57

        24        P-1          C.V. OF DR. KEAN           58
 
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         1        P-22    TEST REPORTS FROM DR. CROCKER   59

         2        P-23    TEST REPORTS FROM DR. CROCKER   59

         3        P-2          REPORT OF DR. KEAN         58

         4        P-3          DEPOSITION OF DR. KEAN     58

         5        P-24         DOCUMENT                   61

         6        P-25         CALIFORNIA STATUTE         81

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         2                           MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (AT 9:35 A.M. THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE

         6               IN OPEN COURT, JURY PRESENT:)

         7                           THE COURT:  NOW, MR. MIRSKY, YOU

         8               MAY PROCEED.

         9                           MR. MIRSKY:  YOUR HONOR, I HAD A

        10               GEN