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 1    IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN AND FOR
       THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
 2                CIVIL ACTION-LAW
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 3   
     COOKIE ROCHELLE KANEFF,      :
 4                Plaintiff,      :
                                  :
 5          Vs.                   :
                                  :
 6   ZAKI FTAIHA AND PHILADELPHIA :
     INSTITUTE OF COSMETIC        :
 7   SURGERY,                     :     
                  Defendants.     : No. 00-06822
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                   July 26, 2002
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11                Videotaped deposition of 
12   HOWARD S. CAPLAN, M.D., taken at the 
13   offices of Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery 
14   Associates, The Curtis Center, Suite 506 
15   E., Independence Square West, 
16   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19016, 
17   beginning at 1:05 p.m., on the above 
18   date, before Kristy L. Liedtka, a Court 
19   Reporter and a Commissioner of the 
20   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
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22          ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES
           1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
23                   15th Floor
          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
24                 (215) 988-9191
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 1   A P P E A R A N C E S:
 2          LAW OFFICES OF JOHN NEUMANN HICKEY
            BY:  JOHN NEUMANN HICKEY, ESQUIRE
 3          20 West Front Street
            Media, Pennsylvania 19063
 4          (610) 891-8883
            Co-counsel for the Plaintiff 
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            MAZAHERI LAW, L.L.C.
 7          BY:  TINA MAZAHERI, ESQUIRE
            103 Mechanics Street
 8          Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
            (215) 345-6400
 9          Co-counsel for the Plaintiff
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11          POST & SCHELL, P.C.
            BY:  MICHAEL J. DOYLE, ESQUIRE
12          1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
            19th Floor
13          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
            (215) 587-1000
14          Counsel for the Defendants
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16   ALSO PRESENT:
17          David Levin, Videographer
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 1                   I N D E X
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 4   WITNESS                          PAGE NO.
 5   HOWARD S. CAPLAN, M.D.
 6   By Mr. Doyle:                 7, 19, 60
 7   By Mr. Hickey:                18, 52
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                  E X H I B I T S
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13   NO.          DESCRIPTION         PAGE NO.
14   Caplan-1     Curriculum Vitae      5
15   Caplan-2     Copy of Records       5
16   Caplan-3     Letter Dated 6/15/01  5
                  From Caplan
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     D-4          Operative Report      25
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     D-5          Pre-Operative         36
19                Anesthesia Evaluation
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     D-6          3-page Document       36
21                Philadelphia Institute
                  of Cosmetic Surgery        
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 1                (Whereupon, the court 
 2          reporter marked for identification 
 3          Caplan-1, Caplan-2 and Caplan-3.)
 4                
 5                MR. HICKEY:  While we're off 
 6          the video record, I had a 
 7          conversation with Mr. Doyle before 
 8          we started the deposition and I 
 9          informed him that at trial we're 
10          going to proceed strictly on the 
11          negligence medical malpractice 
12          issue.  We're not going to raise 
13          the issue of informed consent or 
14          lack of informed consent.  So for 
15          that reason, as I said to him, he 
16          doesn't have to have the doctor 
17          discuss it today, and I'll likely 
18          pose an objection to any opinions 
19          about informed consent today.  And 
20          to the extent that it may be 
21          listed in our Complaint as a cause 
22          of action, we hereby withdraw 
23          that.
24                MR. DOYLE:  Okay.  
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 1          Understood. 
 2                Whenever you are ready, sir.
 3                THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  We are 
 4          now on the record.  My name is 
 5          David Levin.  I'm a videographer 
 6          employed by Esquire Deposition 
 7          Services, 1880 JFK Boulevard, 
 8          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
 9                This is a video deposition 
10          for in the Court of Common Pleas 
11          in an