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       1              IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA       

       2                 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-PHILADELPHIA COUNTY         

       3                            CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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       8         JEFFREY  RUTIZER                FEBRUARY TERM, 2001       

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      12                                     :   NO:  0339

      13         RICHARD A CAUTILLI, JR,

      14         MD

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      19                         TUESDAY, 04 NOVEMBER 2003 
                 
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                                       COURTROOM 483 
      21                                CITY HALL 
                                 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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      23                    BEFORE THE HONORABLE GARY F DIVITO, J 
                                       And a Jury
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                                  JOSEPH CHAIKEN, PC   
       3                         Attorney for Plaintiff 
                 
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                                 DONALD LADD, ESQUIRE
       5                     Attorney for Defendant Dr Cautilli
                 
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                                PETER FX CALLIHAN, ESQUIRE
       7                    Attorney for Defendant Dr Cautilli
                  
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                 DR JAMES ARAGONA 
      12         By Mr Chaiken:   4,18
                 By Mr Ladd:                11,60
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       1                       ( Jury enters courtroom )

       2                   THE COURT: Call your next witness 

       3                   MR CHAIKEN: I call Dr James Aragona

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       5                             (Witness sworn)

       6                   DOCTOR JAMES ARAGONA, after having been duly 

       7         sworn, was examined and testified as follows:

       8                             *DIRECT EXAMINATION*

       9         BY MR CHAIKEN: 

      10         Q     Good morning, Doctor 

      11                Before we get started with your testimony I would 

      12         just like to mark as P-71 a copy of the medical records 

      13         in this case I would just like to hand those up I know 

      14         you already have a set of them, but I marked some of them