1                 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

        2           FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

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        4     NICHOLAS PLATT, a minor, by his   :  APRIL TERM, 
              parents and natural guardians     :  2004
        5     RUTHANN PLATT and JAMES PLATT     :
                     and                        :
        6     RUTHANN PLATT and JAMES PLATT,    :
              in their own right                :              
        7                                       : 
                     VS                         :   
        8                                       : 
              MULBERRY CHILD CARE CENTERS,      :
        9     INC. d/b/a MULBERRY CHILD CARE    :
              & PRESCHOOL and                   :
       10     KINDERCARE d/b/a MULBERRY         :
              CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOL and        :
       11     JACKIE MULLEN and TARA SCOTT      :  NO.  8685

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       13                      Philadelphia, PA

       14                      October 31, 2005

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       16                     Videotape deposition of Art 

       17     Hochberg, Ph.D., taken in the offices of Dr. 

       18     Hochberg, 111 Bala Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, commencing 

       19     at 11:30 o'clock a.m. on the above date, before 

       20     Stephanie-Jill Joseph, a Court Reporter.  

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       22                      BISNOW AND JOSEPH     
                       REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS
       23              SUITE 1302 - 1420 WALNUT STREET
                            PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102
       24                       215-567-1701 
              



                              BISNOW AND JOSEPH


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        1     APPEARANCES:
              
        2                   LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A. GELINAS
                            BY:  ROBERT A. GELINAS, ESQUIRE
        3                   22 South 18th Street
                            Philadelphia, PA  19103
        4                   215-557-7600
                            Attorneys for the Plaintiffs
        5     
                            DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH LLP
        6                   BY:  EDWARD A. GREENBERG, ESQUIRE
                            Eight Tower Bridge
        7                   161 Washington Street
                            Suite 900
        8                   Conshohocken, PA  19428 
                            215-836-1880
        9                   Attorneys for the Defendant,
                            Mulberry Child Care Centers, et al
       10     
                            SWEENEY & SHEEHAN, P.C.
       11                   BY:  J. MICHAEL KUNSCH, ESQUIRE
                            Suite 1900
       12                   1515 Market Street
                            Philadelphia, PA  19102
       13                   215-563-9811
                            Attorneys for the Defendant,
       14                   Jackie Mullen
              
       15                   NAULTY, SCARICAMAZZA & MCDEVITT, LTD. 
                            BY:  GERARD X. SMITH, ESQUIRE
       16                   Suite 1600              
                            One Penn Center at Suburban Station
       17                   1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
                            Philadelphia, PA  19103
       18                   215-568-5116
                            Attorneys for the Defendant,
       19                   Tara Scott
              
       20     ALSO PRESENT:
              
       21                   DAVID FREED, VIDEOGRAPHER
              
       22     

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                              BISNOW AND JOSEPH


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        1                             INDEX               
              
        2     WITNESS                                        PAGE
              
        3     ART HOCHBERG, Ph.D
              
        4            VOIR DIRE
              
        5                   BY MR. GELINAS                  7, 17 
              
        6                   BY MR. GREENBERG               11, 19
              
        7                   BY MR. SMITH                       16
              
        8            DIRECT EXAMINATION
              
        9                   BY MR. GELINAS                     20
                     
       10            CROSS-EXAMINATION
              
       11                   BY MR. GREENBERG                   68
              
       12                   BY MR. KUNSCH                     122