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 KREIGER, ADMINISTRATRIX,
                  HELEN KREIGER 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 13, 1998

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

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                  APPEARANCES:



                               JOSEPH CHAIKEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
                               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
 







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                  WITNESSES               DIRECT
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                  DR EDWARD SCHWARTZ      5,16





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                  P-6           DEP OF KAREN MITCHELL    33



                  P-7           HOSPITAL CHART            33



                  P-7A          BLOWUP OF P-7             34



                  P-8           BLOWUP OF MONITOR STRIP   57



                  P-9           DOCUMENT                  63
 
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         2                          AFTERNOON_SESSION
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         4

         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN COURT,

         6               JURY PRESENT:)

         7                           THE COURT:  VERY WELL  LET'S

         8               PROCEED

         9                           COURT CRIER:  COURT IS IN SESSION

        10               REMAIN SEATED

        11                           THE COURT:  LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

        12               I HAD TO EXCUSE MRS CHANDLIS  I KNEW HER

        13               CHILD WAS SICK YESTERDAY  I ASKED HER TO STAY

        14               ON, BUT THEN SHE GOT A CALL, AN EMERGENCY

        15               CALL  SO, I HAD TO EXCUSE HER  SO WE START

        16               OUT WITH THREE ALTERNATES  AT THIS POINT

        17               THERE IS NO MARGIN FOR ERROR  SO WE WILL TRY

        18               TO MOVE THE CASE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE

        19                     MR CHAIKEN, COULD YOU CALL YOUR NEXT

        20               WITNESS

        21                           MR CHAIKEN:  YES  I CALL DR

        22               EDWARD SCHWARTZ TO THE STAND

        23                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL NAME

        24               FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE
 
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         1                           THE WITNESS:  DR EDWARD SCHWARTZ

         2                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

         3               HAND ON THE BIBLE

         4                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

         5               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU TOUCHING

         6               THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT SO HELP YOU

         7               GOD

         8                           THE WITNESS:   I DO

         9                     (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY

        10               SWORN B