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, P.C.
                               BY:  JOSEPH CHAIKEN, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS


                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
                               BY: DONALD LADD, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANT







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                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
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                  DR. EDWARD SCHWARTZ      5,16





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