IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION


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                  SHARON PRATT, MOTHER, MICHAEL:  OCTOBER TERM, 1991
                  NESMITH, SR., FATHER,        :
                  INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OWN:
                  RIGHT, AS PARENTS AND        :
                  NATURAL GUARDIANS FOR MICHAEL:
                  NESMITH, JR.                 :
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                           VS.                 :
                                               :
                  RONALD L. SOUDER, M.D., ET AL: NO. 1576

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                                 COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      FEBRUARY 6, 2001

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE
                                         AND A JURY

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                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                                    100 S. BROAD STREET
                                        SECOND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056
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                  APPEARANCES:


                               GAYLE R. LEWIS & ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  GAYLE R. LEWIS, ESQUIRE
                                    MONICA M. LEONE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS


                               POST & SCHELL
                               BY:  WILLIAM SUTTON, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

                               MYLOTTE, DAVID AND FITZPATRICK
                               BY:  CHARLES FITZPATRICK, III, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DRS. SOUDER AND FISHER
 






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