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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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                  THOMAS C. DAY AND JOANNE DAY      : JULY TERM, 1998
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                         VS.                        :
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                  GERALD SCHARF, D.O.,              :
         8        HAHNEMANN NORTHEAST MEDICAL       :
                  CENTER, PHILADELPHIA              :
         9        CARDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES,            :
                  THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF            :
        10        PENNSYLVANIA AND HAHNEMANN        :
                  UNIVERSITY, ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY  :
        11        OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES,           :
                  ALLEGHENY HEALTH, EDUCATION       :
        12        AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION,          :
                  ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS    :
        13        AND HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL : 1643

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        15                            DECEMBER 6, 2001
                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        16                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        18        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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         3        APPEARANCES:

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         5                     SALTZ, MONGELUZZI, BARRETT &
                               BENDESKY, P.C.
         6                     BY:  MICHAEL F. BARRETT, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
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                               MC KISSOCK & HOFFMAN, P.C.
         9                     BY:  JOHN A. FILORETO, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANTS
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, ESQUIRE
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                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                  WITNESSES:
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                    JOANNE DAY           5      32       81       88
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         9          MELVIN PRATTER      94     103      196
                                       105     132
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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

         6               COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  THANK YOU, MR.

         8               YOST.

         9                           MS. JONES:  YOUR HONOR, IF WE

        10               COULD HAVE ONE MINUTE TO GET AN EXHIBIT.

        11                           THE COURT:  CERTAINLY.

        12                           MS. JONES:  THE PLAINTIFFS CALL

        13               MRS. JOANNE DAY TO THE STAND.

        14                           THE COURT:  VERY WELL.

        15                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

        16               NAME FOR THE RECORD.

        17                           THE WITNESS:  JOANNE DAY.

        18                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        19               HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        20                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        21               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        22               TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT,

        23               SO HELP YOU GOD?

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