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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, R.P.R.
                               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, P.C.
                               BY