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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 15, 2000
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                                         VOLUME III
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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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                  APPEARANCES:
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                               ANAPOL, SCHWARTZ, WEISS, COHAN
         3                     FELDMAN AND SMALLEY, P.C.
                               BY:  SOL H. WEISS, ESQUIRE
         4                     MICHELLE ALTENPOHL, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
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         6                     RAWLE & HENDERSON, L.L.P.
                               BY:  THOMAS KUZMICK, ESQUIRE,
         7                     COUNSEL FOR STRICK CORP.

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                               BY:  THOMAS J. WAGNER, ESQUIRE
         9                     COUNSEL FOR CRST, INC. AND LAWRENCE
                               CHRISTIAN
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                  WITNESSES:
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                                     DIRECT    CROSS   REDIRECT
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                    BYRON BLOCH        16       80      142
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                    ANTHONY SANCES, JR.145      154      204
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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  HOW LONG WILL THE

         8               VIDEOTAPE BE?

         9                           MR. WEISS:  A HALF HOUR, 40

        10               MINUTES AT THE MOST.

        11                           THE COURT:  YOU HAVE TO GO

        12               THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.

        13                           MR.  KUZMICK:  AND JUST FOR THE

        14               RECORD, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO DR. LONG

        15               BEING TAKEN OUT OF TIME OR GOING TO PAOLI

        16               TO HAVE HIS VIDEOTAPE CONDUCTED.  OUR

        17               OBJECTION STILL REMAIN THAT WE PLACED

        18               EARLIER IN THIS CASE, AND THAT IS THE LATE

        19               IDENTIFICATION OF DR. LONG.

        20                           THE COURT:  ALL RIGHT.

        21               PARTICIPATION IN THE VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION

        22               IN NO WAY WAIVES YOUR OBJECTION TO DR.

        23               LONG'S TESTIMONY, AS I'VE RULED.

        24                     (AN OFF-THE-RECORD DISCUSSION
 
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         1               TRANSPIRED AT THIS TIME.)

         2                           THE COURT:  I D