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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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         6        MARVIN THOMAS & JACQUELINE SMITH   : NOVEMBER TERM, 1998
                  H/W AND MARGARET BALDINO AND DIANE
         7        P DEPEW, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS
                  ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
         8        JENNIFER LYNN DEPEW, HER DAUGHTER,
                  DECEASED, AND RUBY GOODE-HENRY,
         9        INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX
                  OF THE ESTDATE OF RACQUEL R BURNETT,
        10        HER DAUGHTER, DECEASED, AND
                  LINDA LOCKWOOD, ADMINISTRATRIX
        11        OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ROSS

        12                    VS

        13        CITY OF PHILADELPHIA &
                  POLICE OFFICER JAY BIGLE           : NO 1847
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                                     DECEMBER 7, 2000
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        18                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J DI NUBILE, J
        21                               AND A JURY

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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     LITVIN, BLUMBERG, MATUSOW & YOUNG
                               BY:  GERALD A MC HUGH, JR, ESQUIRE
         5                          PATRICIA A MC ELROY, ESQUIRE
                               FOR MARVIN THOMAS AND
         6                     JACQUELINE SMITH

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                               COLOMB & HONIK
         8                     BY:  RUBEN HONIK, ESQUIRE
                               FOR RACQUEL R BURNETT
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        10                     MASTER, WEINSTEIN, SCHNOLL & DODIG, PC
                               BY:  JOHN M DODIG, ESQUIRE
        11                     FOR THE ESTATE OF DIANE P DEPEW

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                               JACOBS & SABA
        13                     BY:  JOHN M DEFEO, ESQUIRE
                               CASEY MURPHY, ESQUIRE
        14                     FOR LINDA LOCKWOOD, ADMINISTRATRIX
                               FOR THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ROSS
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        16                     JEFFREY SCOTT, ESQUIRE
                               SHELLEY R SMITH, ESQUIRE
        17                     JAMES M DUCKWORTH, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
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         6        GEOFFREY P ALPERT     12      27      134      140
                                         29      74      142
         7        GEORGE WIDAS           146     182     201

         8        RICK STANLEY           202     215

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         1                         MORNING_SESSION
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         4                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         5               COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         6                           THE COURT:  THERE IS ANOTHER

         7               MATTER?

         8                           MR SCOTT:  YES, YOUR HONOR

         9               WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD GIVE EACH

        10               OTHER 24 HOURS NOTICE FOR A CIVILIAN

        11               WITNESS IF THEY'RE EXPERTS  AND IN FRONT

        12               OF MR MC HUGH BEFORE WE CAME TO COURT WE

        13               HAD AN AGREEMENT 48 HOURS FOR ALL

        14               PH