IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  SHARON PRATT, MOTHER            : OCTOBER TERM, 1991
                  MICHAEL NESMITH, SR., FATHER
                  INDIVIDUALLY, IN THEIR OWN RIGHT,
                  AND AS PARENTS AND NATURAL GURARDIAN
                  FOR MICHAEL NESMITH, JR.


                      VS.

                  RONALD L. SOUDER, M.D.          :  NO. 1576
                  MARGARET FISHER, M.D. AND
                  ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL

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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      FEBRUARY 5, 2001

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE

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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:



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




                               LAW FIRM: CURRAN, MYLOTTE AND FITZPATRICK
                               BY:  CHARLES FITZPATRICK, III, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DRS. SOUDER AND FISHER



                               LAW FIRM:  POST AND SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  WILLIAM SUTTON, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL
 







                                           INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:
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                                         DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

                    MARGARET FISHER, M.D.          4

                    TERRENCE STULL, M.D.  23       42      72        74

                    RICHARD POLIN         78       88     195       107



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                   D-1            C.V. OF DR. TERRENCE STULL     23
 
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         1

         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE

         6               IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7               JURY:)

         8                           THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING,

         9               LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.  I HOPE YOU HAD A

        10               PLEASANT WEEKEND.

        11                     MISS LEWIS, YOU WERE CROSS-EXAMINING,

        12               DR. FISHER.

        13                           MS. LEWIS:   THANK YOU, YOUR

        14               HONOR.

        15

        16

        17                          -     -     -

        18                        CROSS-EXAMINATION

        19                          -     -     -

        20        BY MS. LEWIS:

        21        Q.     DOCTOR, IS THAT THE HOSPITAL RECORD THERE

        22        BEFORE YOU?

        23        A.     YES, IT IS.

        24        Q.     NOW, DOCTOR, YOU RECOGNIZE PEDIATRIC
 
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         1        NEUROLOGY AS A SEPARATE SPECIALTY, DON'T YOU?

         2        A.     YES, I DO.

         3        Q.     AND, OF COURSE, YOU ARE NOT A PEDIATRIC

         4        NEUROLOGIST?

         5        A.     NO.

         6        Q.     YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE A

         7        NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT CALLING IN A

         8        PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST; IS THAT CORRECT?

         9        A.     THAT'S CORRECT.

        10        Q.     AND YOU FEEL A NEUROLOGIST IS NOT NEEDED TO