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 1                           JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT
                                   DIVISION NINE (9)
 2                     JUDGE JUDITH McDONALD-BURKMAN
                       DOCKET NO:  NO. 05-CI-03145
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 4   BERNICE COLLINS,              : CIVIL ACTION
              Plaintiff,
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         -vs-                      :
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     STEVEN W. ETOCH, M.D., and
 7   UNIVERSITY CARDIOTHORACIC
     SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, PSC,
 8             Defendants.         :
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11         Sworn deposition of DAVID BREGMAN, M.D.,
12   held  at the Mariott Airport, One Arrivals
13   Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November
14   20, 2006, commencing at 12:00 PM, before ANGELA
15   R. WATERS, a Certified Shorthand Reporter, and
16   a Federally-Approved reporter of the United
17   States District Court for the Eastern District
18   of Pennsylvania, pursuant to notice.
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22              ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES
                 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
23                      Suite 1210
             Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19103
24                   (215) 988-9191
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     FRANKLIN & HANCE, PSC
 4   BY:  MICHAEL R. HANCE, ESQ.
          505 W. Ormsby Avenue
 5        Louisville, Kentucky   40203
     Counsel for Plaintiffs
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 7   BETH H. MCMASTERS, ESQ.
     600 West Main Street, Suite 500
 8   Louisville, Kentucky   40202
     (502) 585-9900
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     Counsel for Steven W. Etoch, M.D., and
10   University Cardiothoracic Surgical
     Associates, PSC
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 2                   LITIGATION SUPPORT PAGE
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 4   1.) REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
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 6   Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Bregman, request by Ms.
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12   2.) OBJECTION:  INSTRUCTION NOT TO ANSWER
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 1   DAVID BREGMAN, M.D., B R E G M A N, having duly
 2   been sworn was examined and testified as
 3   follows:
 4                 DIRECT EXAMINATION
 5   BY MS. McMASTERS:
 6       Q.  Dr. Bregman,  I'm Beth McMasters.  I
 7   represent Dr. Etoch, and the University
 8   Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates in the
 9   matter brought by Bernice Collins.
10                   And you have been identified as
11   an expert witness on behalf of the Plaintiff.
12   And I'm taking your deposition today to
13   discover your opinions.
14                   I know you've done this
15   before.  I won't bore you with the details of
16   taking a deposition; is that okay?
17       A.  Thank you.
18       Q.  Okay.  What is your address, doctor?
19       A.  21205 Yacht, Y A C H T, Club Drive,
20   Apartment 3205, Aventura, A V E N T U R A,
21   Florida 33180.
22       Q.  Do you have any other address, doctor?
23       A.  Not really.
24       Q.  We are taking your deposition today in
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 1   Philadelphia.  And I know that previously you
 2   lived in Philadelphia, correct?
 3       A.  No. I lived my whole life in New York
 4   City.
 5       Q.  Okay.  What is the reason that you have
 6   a Philadelphia deposition today?
 7       A.  My wife is ill.  I am actually-- myself
 8   and our treating physicians -- she's a
 9   Philadelphia native, and our treating
10   physicians are here in Philadelphia.
11       Q.  Does she live in Philadelphia?
12       A.  No, not now, but she has her whole life
13   before we became married.
14       Q.  How long ago was that?
15       A.  About six years ago.
16       Q.  How much time are you spending in
17   Philadelphia now?
18       A.  Well, we've been here a few months
19   being treated for her problems.
20       Q.  Okay.  I'm trying to remember the name
21   of the resort in Aventura that also has--
22       A.  Turnberry.
23       Q.  Is that where you live?
24       A.  Not far from there.
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 1       Q.  Your condo is not part of the Turnberry
 2   Resort?
 3       A.  Not at all.
 4       Q.  Okay. Because it's very nice.  We've
 5   spent a nice week there several years ago.
 6       A.  People who go there tend to like it.
 7       Q.  Do you have a work address or
 8   professional address?
 9       A.  Not really because of the kind of work
10   I'm doing now, no.
11                   Holy Cross Hospital and Medical
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