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                               IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                         FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                   CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                 VIRGINIA GERWIG, INDIVIDUALLY : SEPTEMBER TERM, 2000
         6       AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE:
                 OF CHARLES BRIAN GERWIG,      :
         7       DECEASED                      :
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         8              VS.                    :
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         9       DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL       :
                 CENTER,  D/B/A FRANKFORD      :
        10       FRANKFORD HOSPITAL - BUCKS    :
                 COUNTY, JILL KANE, D.O.,      :
        11       DEL-VAL EMERGENCY SERVICES,   :
                 INC., ANTHONY ROCK, D.O.,     :
        12       JOSEPH M. CORVASCE, M.D., AND :
                 JOSEPH M. CORAVASCE, M.D.,    :
        13       P.C.                          : NO. 0960

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                                      MAY 19, 2003
        16                       COURTROOM 483, CITY HALL
                                PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                      VOLUME VII
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                 BEFORE:  THE HONORABLE J. GARY F. DIVITO,
        20                              AND A JURY

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                 APPEARANCES:
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         5                     NANCY FULLAM, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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                               PLAKINS, RIEFFEL AND RAY
         8                     BY:  NAOMI PLAKINS, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. ROCK
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                               MONAGHAN, FERRANTE AND FORTIN
        11                     ROBERT FORTIN, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. KANE
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                               STAHL AND DE LAURENTIS, P.C.
        14                     BY:  JAMES F. GALLO, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DELAWARE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
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                               JAMES P. KILCOYNE AND ASSOCIATES
        17                     BY:  MICHAEL PITT, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR DR. CORVASCE
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                              GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        23                    OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                              COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                    GARO GARIBIAN     11      16      94
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         8          JILL R. KANE     105     136
                                             155
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                   JOHN MERCOGLIANO  160     188
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         5                          (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN

         6                 OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE

         7                 JURY:)

         8                               THE COURT:  BEFORE THE

         9                 JURY COMES IN, JUROR NUMBER SEVEN'S

        10                 FATHER PASSED AWAY AND CANNOT CONTINUE

        11                 JURY SERVICE.  WE HAVE A COPY OF THE

        12                 DEATH CERTIFICATE.  AND I BELIEVE THE

        13                 JUROR HERE CLOSEST TO ME