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                                IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                  RICKI PLASKOW, AS EXECUTRIX : JUNE TERM, 1998
         6        OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL    :
                  PLASKOW AND IN HER OWN RIGHT:
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                            VS.               :
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                  MARY TOBIN, M.D.            : NO. 3029
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                                     NOVEMBER 16, 2001
        11               CROSS-EXAMINATION OF JEFFREY LITTMAN, M.D.

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        13                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE
        16                 AND A JURY

        17        APPEARANCES:

        18                     WILLIAMS & CUKER
                               BY:  MARK R. CUKER, ESQUIRE
        19                     FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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                               NAULTY, SCARICAMAZZA & MC DEVITT
        21                     BY:  ROBERT E. DILLON, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANT
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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
        24                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
 





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         5                     (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED

         6               IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7               JURY:)

         8                           THE COURT:  MR. CUKER.

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        12                        CROSS-EXAMINATION

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        14        BY MR. CUKER:

        15        Q.     DR. LITTMAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE BEEN A

        16        CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AT

        17        JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE SINCE 1988?

        18        A.     THAT'S CORRECT.

        19        Q.     AND I TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN DR. TOBIN

        20        AT LEAST -- WAS DR. TOBIN A CLINICAL ASSISTANT

        21        PROFESSOR OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AT JEFFERSON FROM 1994

        22        TO AT LEAST 1988?

        23        A.     I WAS AT THE THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

        24        HOSPITAL DIVISION.  I HAD NO PERSONAL CONTACT WITH
 
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         1        DR. TOBIN PROFESSIONALLY DURING THE DAY, DURING

         2        THAT INTERVAL.

         3        Q.     SO, YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER TO BE A CLINICAL

         4        ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AT

         5        JEFFERSON?

         6        A.     NO, I DIDN'T.

         7        Q.     JEFFERSON AND PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL ARE HOW

         8        FAR APART?

         9        A.     SEVERAL BLOCKS.

        10        Q.     BUT YOU NEVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH HER?

        11        A.     I NEVER PERFORMED ANY SERVICES AT THE

        12        PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL.  THE LESS CONTACT I HAD WAS

        13        PROBABLY AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS, AT LECTURES AROUND

        14        TOWN AND VERY EARLY ON WHEN I WAS DOING MY

        15        TRAINING.

        16        Q.     HOW ABOUT WITH MR. DILLON, HAVE YOU EVER

        17        HAD ANY CONTACTS WITH MR. DILLON'S OFFICE BEFORE

        18        THIS CASE?

        19        A.     NOT THAT I CAN RECALL.

        20        Q.     NOT THAT YOU CAN RECALL SITTING HERE TODAY?