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           1         IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                  FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
           2
                                     - - -                 VOLUME II
           3
                JOSEPH J. LOBIANCO and    :  CIVIL ACTION
           4    VIVIAN LOBIANCO           :

           5          vs.               :

           6    ECKERD CORPORATION        :
                      vs.
           7    McKESSON DRUG COMPANY     :
                      vs.               :
           8    PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY:
                      and               :
           9    VETERANS ADMINISTRATION   :
                MEDICAL CENTER            :  No. 03-CV-00145
          10
                                       - - -
          11
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
          12                Tuesday, February 17, 2004

          13                           - - -

          14               Continued deposition of DAVID L.

          15    TOPOLSKY, M.D., taken pursuant to notice, at the

          16    Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad and Vine Streets,

          17    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the above date,

          18    beginning at 2:57 p.m., before Donna A. Bittner,

          19    RMR-CRR.

          20                         - - -

          21
                            DONNA A. BITTNER REPORTING
          22            REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS
                                   61 Penn Road
          23               Voorhees, New Jersey  08043
                                  (856) 768-6619
          24



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           1    APPEARANCES:

           2          MICHAEL T. SELLERS, ESQUIRE
                      Kardos, Rickles, Sellers and Hand
           3             626 South State Street
                         Newtown, Pennsylvania  18940
           4
                            Counsel for Plaintiffs
           5
                      GERARD X. SMITH, ESQUIRE
           6          Naulty, Scaricimazza & McDevitt
                           One Penn Center
           7               1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
           8
                            Counsel for Eckerd Corporation
           9
                      EDWARD A. GREENBERG, ESQUIRE
          10          Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich, LLP
                           Eight Tower Bridge
          11               161 Washington Street, Suite 900
                           Conshohocken, Pennsylvania  19428
          12
                            Counsel for McKesson Corporation
          13

          14            NANCY HARRIS MARVEL, ESQUIRE
                        SUSAN ROACH, ESQUIRE   (AS NOTED)
          15            Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
                           One Logan Square
          16               18th and Cherry Streets
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
          17

          18                  Counsel for Pharmacia & Upjohn Company

          19          ANNETTA FOSTER GIVHAN, ESQUIRE
                      Assistant United States Attorney
          20               Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                           615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250
          21               Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19106-4476

          22                   Counsel for Veterans Administration
                                Medical Center
          23
                ALSO PRESENT:
          24             GAETANO CARDI, M.D.



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           2                (It is hereby stipulated and agreed by

           3    and among counsel for the respective parties that

           4    sealing, filing and certification are waived; and

           5    that all objections, except as to the form of the

           6    question, are reserved until the time of trial.)

           7                        - - -

           8           ...DAVID L. TOPOLSKY, M.D, having been

           9      previously sworn, was further examined and

          10      deposed as follows...

          11                        - - -

          12                  MR. GREENBERG:   Mr. Sellers would like

          13    to put an objection on the record and once he's

          14    finished we'll go forward.

          15                  MR. SELLERS:   Will we have the usual

          16    stipulations I guess to begin with?

          17                  MS. GIVHAN:  Yes.

          18                  MR. GREENBERG:   That's fine with me.