IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  ESTATE OF THEODORE KRIEGER          : JUNE TERM, 1992
                  BY HELEN KRIEGER, ADMINISTRATRIX,
                  HELEN KRIEGER IN HER OWN RIGHT
                  AND ON BEHALF OF THE NEXT OF KIN
                  OF THEODORE KRIEGER                 :

                           VS.

                  NAZARETH HOSPITAL                   : NO. 140

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                          COURTROOM "G," COMPLEX LITIGATION CENTER
                                     WANAMAKER BUILDING
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                      JANUARY 16, 1998

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, JR.
                                         AND A JURY

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                  APPEARANCES:



                               JOSEPH CHAIKEN & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
                               BY:  JOSEPH CHAIKEN, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS


                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
                               BY: DONALD LADD, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANT



























                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 





                                          I N D E X
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                  WITNESSES:
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                                       DIRECT   CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS
                                       ______   _____  ________  _______





                  DAVID ESKIN            19       26      94        97

                                         26       60



                  ALFRED SACCHETTI      103      106     140       141

                                        107      122



                                          EXHIBITS

                  D-3    DAVID ESKIN'S C.V. PAGE 19



                  D-4    ALFRED SACCHETTI'S CV  PAGE 103
 
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         1

         2                           MR. LADD:  I CALL DR. DAVID ESKIN

         3               TO THE STAND.

         4                           COURT CRIER:  PLEASE STATE YOUR

         5               FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD.

         6                           THE WITNESS:  DAVID ESKIN.

         7                     (WHEREUPON, THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN

         8               FIRST DULY SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED

         9               AS FOLLOWS:)

        10

        11

        12                         -      -      -

        13                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

        14                         -      -      -

        15        BY MR. LADD:

        16        Q.     DR. ESKIN, COULD YOU TELL THE JURY WHAT KIND

        17        OF A DOCTOR YOU ARE?

        18        A.     I AM A CARDIOLOGIST, A HEART SPECIALIST.

        19        Q.     CAN YOU TELL THE JURY --

        20                           MR. LADD:  I ASK THAT THIS BE

        21               MARKED, A COPY OF YOUR CURRICULUM VITAE.

        22                     (WHEREUPON, A CURRICULUM VITAE WAS

        23               MARKED AS DEFENSE EXHIBIT D-3 FOR

        24               IDENTIFICATION.)
 
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         1        BY MR. LADD:

         2        Q.     IS THAT A COPY OF YOUR CURRENT CURRICULUM

         3        VITAE?

         4        A.     YES, IT IS.

         5        Q.     CAN YOU TELL THE JURY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR

         6        EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND?

         7        A.     I WILL BE GLAD TO.  I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN

         8        PHILADELPHIA.  I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE

         9        PHILADELPHIA AREA.  I HAD MY COLLEGE EDUCATION AT

        10        DICKENSON COLLEGE IN CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

        11                     I THEN IN 1963 I BEGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL

        12        BACK HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

        13        PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FROM WHICH I

        14        GRADUATED IN 1967.