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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  HAROLD HEGH, AS EXECUTOR OF : FEBRUARY TERM, 1998
         7        THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE HEGH :
                  AND HAROLD HEGH, IN HIS OWN :
         8        RIGHT                       :
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         9              VS.                   :
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        10        FRANKLIN M. STEIN, M.D.     :
                  MARVIN GOLDMAN, M.D.        :
        11        RICHARD E. ROSENTHAL, D.O.  :
                  STANLEY L. ALTSCHULER, M.D.,:
        12        ALTSCHULER-GELFAND-BENJAMIN :
                  ASSOCIATES, LTD.            : NO. 4151
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        14                              JULY 5, 2000

        15                  TESTIMONY OF JUDITH ARONCHICK, M.D.

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        17                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
        20                               AND A JURY

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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     PERRY, FIALKOWSKI & PERRY
                               BY:  SHERRYL R. PERRY, ESQUIRE
         5                     ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

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                               RAWLE & HENDERSON, L.L.P.
         8                     BY:  EDWARD C. MINTZER, JR., ESQUIRE
                               ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. STEIN
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        11                     MC DONALD & SNYDER, P.C.
                               BY:  JOHN J. SNYDER, ESQUIRE.
        12                     ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. GOLDMAN

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                               WRIGHT, YOUNG & MC GILVERY, P.C.
        15                     BY:  GEORGE YOUNG, ESQUIRE
                               ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. ROSENTHAL
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        18                     POST & SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  ISRAEL N. EISENBERG, ESQUIRE
        19                     ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT DR. ALTSCHULER
                               AND ALTSCHULER-GELFAND-BENJAMIN
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         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT, ALL PARTIES PRESENT:)

         7                           THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING.  I,

         8               AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR

         9               COURTESY.  I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD A NICE

        10               WEEKEND AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE

        11               CASE.

        12                     NOW, MR. MINTZER, ARE YOU CALLING

        13               ANYONE ELSE AT THIS POINT?

        14                           MR. MINTZER:  AT THIS TIME I

        15               INCORPORATE THE TESTIMONY OF DR. STEIN INTO

        16               OUR CASE AND MOVE OUR THREE EXHIBITS WHICH

        17               HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS D-1 AND D-2A AND B.

        18                           THE COURT:  THE OFFICE RECORD I

        19               WILL ALLOW IT TO BE MARKED IN EVIDENCE.  AS

        20               I