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 1            STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 2            HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SOUTH
 3   LYNDA BLAKE,             ) 
 4                            ) NO. 04-C-144
 5         Plaintiff,         )
 6          - vs-             )
 7   WAYNE R. LECLAIR, M.D.,  )                  
 8   JAMES W. OLSWANG, M.D.,  )
 9   RONALD FAILLE, M.D.,     )
10   SURGICAL NEUROLOGY, P.A.,)
11   CHRISTOPHER JACOBSON,    )
12   A.R.N.P and JAFFREY      )
13   FAMILY PRACTICE,         )
14           Defendants.      )
15       Oral deposition of JUDD E. HOLLANDER, M.D., 
16   taken at 8900 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia, 
17   Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 
18   at 8:35 a.m., before Dolores M. Horne, 
19   Shorthand reporter and Notary Public, in and 
20   for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
21           ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES
22           1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
23         Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
24               (215) 988-9191
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 1   APPEARANCES:  
 2            CROWE & MULVEY, LLP
 3            BY:  DAVID W. SUCHECKI, ESQUIRE
 4            141 Tremont Street, Suite 8
 5            Boston, Massachusetts  02111 
 6            (617) 426-4488 
 7            Attorneys for the Plaintiff
 8   
 9   
10            WADLEIGH, STARR & PETERS
11            BY:  GREGORY PETERS, ESQUIRE
12            95 Market Street
13            Manchester, New Hampshire  03101
14            (603) 669-4140 
15            Attorneys for the Defendant,
16            Wayne R. LeClair, M.D.
17   
18            SULLOWAY & HOLLIS
19            BY:  PETER A. MEYER, ESQUIRE
20            9 Capitol Street
21            Concord, New Hampshire  03302
22            (603) 224-2341
23            Attorneys for the Defendant, 
24            James W. Olswang, M.D.
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 1   A P P E A R A N C E S:  Continued
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 3   
 4            ORR & RENO
 5            BY:  WILLIAM L. CHAPMAN, ESQUIRE
 6            One Eagle Square
 7            P.O. Box 3550
 8            Concord, New Hampshire  03302 
 9            (603) 223-9107 
10            Attorneys for the Defendant,
11            Ronald Faille, M.D., Surgical 
12            Neurology, PA
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15   
16            NELSON, KINDER, MOSSEAU & SATURLEY
17            BY:  JONATHAN A. LAX, ESQUIRE
18            99 Middle Street
19            Manchester, New Hampshire  03101
20            (603) 647-1800
21            Attorneys for the Defendants, 
22            Christopher Jacobson, A.R.N.P, 
23            Jaffrey Family Medicine
24   
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 1                   I N D E X
 2   WITNESS           EXAMINATION       PAGE
 3   JUDD E. HOLLANDER, M.D.
 4   
 5               By:  Mr. Peters       6, 224
 6               By:  Mr. Meyer      104, 228
 7               By:  Mr. Chapman         176
 8               By:  Mr. Lax        201, 231
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13               E X H I B I T S
14   NO.         DESCRIPTION             PAGE
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16   1        Letter Dated 5-26-06        6
17   2        Case Notes                  6
18   3        Expert Disclosure           6
19   4        Curriculum Vitae            6
20   5        Packet of Documents       106
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0005
 1            DEPOSITION SUPPORT INDEX
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 3   Direction to Witness Not to Answer
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 8   Request for Production of Documents
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13   Stipulations
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19   Question Marked
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 1               (Documents marked Exhibits 1 
 2   through 4 for identification.)
 3   
 4               JUDD E. HOLLANDER, M.D., after 
 5   having been duly sworn, was examined and 
 6   testified as follows: 
 7                   * * *
 8               EXAMINATION
 9                   * * *
10   BY MR. PETERS:
11   Q.       Good morning, Dr. Hollander.  As you 
12   know, my name is Greg Peters, and I represent 
13   Dr. LeClair in this case.  I understand that 
14   you have some opinions in this case with 
15   respect to, as I understand it, all of the 
16   defendants.  I'm going to start off the 
17   deposition and ask you about your opinions 
18   concerning Dr. LeClair's involvement in the 
19   patient's care, and I'll ask you about your 
20   background and go through some of the general 
21   principles relative to cauda equina syndrome.  
22   Then I'll let the other folks take over.  If at 
23   any point you have any questions about my 
24   interrogation or you want me to rephrase or 
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 1   clarify my questions so that they're easier for 
 2   you to understand, just let me know.  
 3   A.       Okay.
 4   Q.       Otherwise if you answer my questions 
 5   I'll assume that you understood t