IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  KAREN CASSELLS              : APRIL TERM, 1995

                        VS                   : NO 1507

                  JANE B PORCELAN, MD      :
                  MARK E CHASTENEY, III, MD

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                                  COURTROOM 650, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                         VOLUME I

                                       JULY 22, 1997

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE JOSEPH I PAPALINI, J
                                         AND A JURY

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                           TESTIMONY OF THOMAS MC DONALD, MD




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










                  APPEARANCES:



                               JAMES B CRUMMETT, ESQUIRE
                               BY:  JOHN MC VEIGH, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               GARY M SAMMS, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANTS
 











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                  WITNESSES               DIRECT   CROSS   REDIRECT
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                  THOMAS MC DONALD, MD   7





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         1

         2                        AFTERNOON_SESSION
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         3

         4

         5                     (WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED

         6               IN OPEN COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           COURT CRIER:  GOOD AFTERNOON,

         8               YOUR HONOR

         9                           THE COURT:  GOOD AFTERNOON  I

        10               APOLOGIZE, MEMBERS OF THE JURY  I AM

        11               HEARING ANOTHER TRIAL, TOO  WHEN YOU LEFT,

        12               I HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT  IT BACKED ME UP

        13               I APOLOGIZE  LET US PROCEED

        14                           MR CRUMMETT:  CAN WE INFORM

        15               THE JURY OF OUR PROBLEM WITH SCHEDULING?

        16                           THE COURT:  YES  WHO DO YOU

        17               HAVE AS A WITNESS?

        18                           MR CRUMMETT:  DR MC DONALD IS

        19               PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM OUT OF ORDER

        20                           THE COURT:  WE ARE DOING A LOT

        21               OF JUGGLING  NORMALLY SPEAKING, WHAT

        22               HAPPENS IS THE PLAINTIFF WHO IS THE PERSON

        23               WHO IS ALLEGING INJURY WILL TESTIFY

        24                     AFTER THAT IS DONE WITH, THEN THE
 
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         1               EXPERTS WILL BE TESTIFYING  WHAT WE ARE

         2               HAVING -- BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A

         3               SCHEDULING PROBLEM AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIT

         4               EVERYTHING IN WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SO WE

         5               DON'T GO BEYOND THIS WEEK, WHAT WE ARE

         6               GOING TO DO IS THIS  THE DOCTOR OF THE

         7               PLAINTIFF IS AVAILABLE TODAY, BUT NOT

         8               AVAILABLE TOMORROW  SO IF WE HAVE THE

         9               PLAINTIFF ON TODAY, HE WILL NOT BE HERE

        10               TOMORROW AND THEN WE WILL JUST BE WASTING

        11               THE WHOLE DAY  SO WHAT WE