IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  ANGELO LAULETTA, ET AL    : MAY TERM, 1994

                      VS

                  TURCO PRODUCTS, INC ET AL: NO  2067


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                                    ROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      FEBRUARY 16, 1999

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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, 2ND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056


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                  APPEARANCES:




                               DEMARCO AND DEMARCO
                               BY: JAMES J DEMARCO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               BY:  PHILIP VOGLER, ESQUIRE
                                    ROBERT MANNINO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR TURCO PRODUCTS AND ASHLAND
                               CHEMICAL
















                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                    LAND TITLE BUILDING
                               100 S BROAD STREET, 2ND FLOOR
                             PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19110
                                       (215) 683-8056

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                                           INDEX
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                  WITNESSES:

                                       DIRECT     CROSS     REDIRECT



                  B K KWON             5         42         71
 
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         1

         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           MR VOGLER:  I'D LIKE TO CALL AS

         8               OUR NEXT WITNESS MR B K KWON

         9                           THE COURT:  SINCE THE CRIER IS

        10               NOT HERE YET, I'LL SWEAR THE WITNESS

        11                     COULD YOU STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE

        12               RECORD, PLEASE

        13                           THE WITNESS:  MY NAME IS BK

        14               KWON

        15                           THE COURT:  DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU

        16               WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO

        17               YOU TOUCHING UPON THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS

        18               COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

        19                           THE WITNESS:   I DO

        20                     (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY

        21               SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS

        22               FOLLOWS:)

        23

        24
 
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         1                         -      -      -

         2                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

         3                         -      -      -

         4        BY MR VOGLER:

         5        Q     MR KWON, PLEASE TELL THE JURY WHAT YOUR

         6        PROFESSION IS

         7        A     I AM A TOXICOLOGIST AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

         8        Q     VERY BRIEFLY, COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THOSE

         9        PROFESSIONS ENTAIL?

        10        A     A TOXICOLOGIST IS THE ONE WHO STUDIES

        11        TOXICITY OR EFFECT ON BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM BY EITHER

        12        CHEMICALS OR PHYSICAL AGENTS OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

        13        Q     WHAT IS THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE?

        14        A     INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE IS THE FIELD OF

        15        RECOGNIZING OR ASSESSING THE HAZARDS IN A WORK PLACE

        16        AND DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF A HAZARD AND FINDING A

        17        WAY