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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        ALICIA DE SIMONE, A MINOR, BY : DEC. TERM, '98
                  THE PARENTS AND NATURAL GUARDIANS, JOHN AND
         7        DONNA DE SIMONE
                           VS.
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                  NORMAN I. QUINN, JR., M.D.    :  NO. 2977
         9               AND
                  MARY ANNE GAZDICK, M.D.,
        10        GREGG A. SONSINI, M.D. AND
                  PEDIATRICS ASSOCIATES OF PLYMOUTH, INC.
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                                       APRIL 11, 2001
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                                  COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
        15                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     BY:  BARTON A. HAINES, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
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         6                     POST AND SCHELL, P.C.
                               BY:  ANDRE WASHINGTON, ESQUIRE,
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS

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                                        INDEX
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         4        WITNESSES:
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                                      DIRECT   CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS
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                  GEORGE J. PECKHAM     9        22
         6                             29        70       132       146

         7        DONNA DE SIMONE               148

         8        DEBORAH SPLANE      171       189

         9        JOHN DE SIMONE      195       204

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         1                         MORNING_SESSION
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         4                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

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

         6                           MR. WASHINGTON:  YOUR HONOR, I

         7               HAD REQUESTED JUST TO PLACE SOMETHING ON

         8               RECORD.  BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE

         9               THINGS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.  MR. HAINES

        10               HAD ASKED IF DR. PECKHAM COULD TAKE THE

        11               STAND NOW AND, YOU KNOW, BRING BACK MRS. DE

        12               SIMONE AFTER THAT.

        13                           THE COURT:  THAT'S FINE.

        14                           MR. WASHINGTON:  BEFORE DR.

        15               PECULIAR TESTIFIES, MR. HAINES HAS PROVIDED

        16               ME WITH SOME --

        17                           THE COURT:  LET'S GO TO HIS

        18               REPORTS.

        19                           MR. WASHINGTON:  IT'S NOT THE

        20               REPORT.

        21                           MR. HAINES:

        22                           THE COURT:  YOU WON'T NEED THE

        23               REPORT.  YOU WILL NEED THIS.

        24                           THE COURT:  DR. PECKHAM IS YOUR
 
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         1               PEDIATRICIAN EXPERT?

         2                           MR. HAINES:  NEONATOLOGIST.

         3                           THE COURT:  VERY WELL.

         4                           MR. WASHINGTON:  IT'S

         5               ACTUALLY -- MY OBJECTION IS T