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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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         6        TAMEKA CALEB, AN INCAPACITATED : AUG. TERM, 1998
                  PERSON BY BRENDA CALEB
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                           V.
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                  STRICK CORPORATION
         9             AND
                  CRST, INC.
        10             AND
                  LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN             :  NO. 4365
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                                     NOVEMBER 14, 2000
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                                         VOLUME II
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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        16                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        18        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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         4                     ANAPOL, SCHWARTZ, WEISS, COHAN
                               FELDMAN AND SMALLEY, P.C.
         5                     BY:  SOL H. WEISS, ESQUIRE
                               MICHELLE ALTENPOHL, ESQUIRE
         6                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               RAWLE & HENDERSON, L.L.P.
         8                     BY:  THOMAS KUZMICK, ESQUIRE,
                               COUNSEL FOR STRICK CORP.
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        10                     BY:  THOMAS J. WAGNER, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR CRST, INC. AND LAWRENCE
        11                     CHRISTIAN

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         3                           MR. WEISS:  I CALL BYRON BLOCH.

         4                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR NAME.

         5               SPELL YOUR LAST NAME.

         6                           THE WITNESS:  BYRON BLOCH.

         7               B-L-O-C-H.

         8                           COURT CRIER:  YOU DO SWEAR THAT

         9               YOU WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS

        10               PUT TO YOU TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE

        11               THIS COURT SO HELP YOU GOD.

        12                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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        14                          (DIRECT_EXAMINATION)
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        15        BY MR. WEISS:

        16        Q.     CAN YOU TELL THE JURY WHERE YOU PRESENTLY

        17        LIVE?

        18        A.     IN POTOMAC, MARYLAND.

        19        Q.     TELL THE JURY WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING?

        20        A.     I AM A CONSULTANT IN VEHICLE SAFETY DESIGN

        21        AND VEHICLE CRASHWORTHINESS.

        22        Q.     CAN YOU TELL THE JURY WHAT YOUR EDUCATIONAL

        23        BACKGROUND IS?

        24        A.     YES.  I BEGAN MY COLLEGE EDUCATION IN 1955
 
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         1        AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.  STUDIED SCIENCE

         2        ENGINEERING.  I THEN TRANSFERRED FOR MY,

         3        CONTINUING MY EDUCATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF