IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  STEPHEN RESNICK                :  AUGUST TERM, 1990

                        VS

                  HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,
                  ET AL                         :  NO 3841

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                                  COURTROOM 633, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                        JULY 14, 1997

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE SANDRA MAZER MOSS, J

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                         DIRECT EXAMINATION OF MARYANNE MC GUCKIN, MD







                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 






                  APPEARANCES:




                               EMIL F TOFTEN & ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  EMIL F TOFTEN, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF



                               WHITE & WILLIAMS
                               BY:  PETER SAMSON, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
 









                                          I N D E X
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                  WITNESSES:

                                     DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS



                  MARYANNE MC GUCKIN   5
 
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         1

         2                         MORNING_SESSION
                                   _______ _______

         3

         4                     (AT 11:45 PM THE FOLLOWING TOOK

         5               PLACE IN OPEN COURT, ALL PARTIES PRESENT:)

         6                           MR TOFTEN:  WE ARE READY,

         7               JUDGE

         8                           THE COURT:  OKAY

         9                           MR TOFTEN:  WE CALL DR

        10               MARYANNE MC GUCKIN

        11                           COURT CRIER:  DOCTOR, IF YOU

        12               WILL STEP AND REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE STATE

        13               YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD

        14                           THE WITNESS:  MARYANNE MC

        15               GUCKIN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 3615

        16               CHESTNUT STREET, ROOM 315, PHILADELPHIA

        17               PENNSYLVANIA 19104

        18                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        19               HAND ON THE BIBLE

        20                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        21               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        22               TOUCHING UPON THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS

        23               COURT SO HELP YOU GOD?

        24                           THE WITNESS:   I DO
 
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         1                     (THE WITNESS, HAVING BEEN FIRST DULY

         2               SWORN BY THE COURT CRIER, WAS EXAMINED AND

         3               TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:)

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         7                         DIRECT EXAMINATION

         8                            -     -     -

         9        BY MR TOFTEN:

        10        Q     GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR

        11        A     GOOD MORNING

        12        Q     IS THE ADDRESS YOU GAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF

        13        PENNSYLVANIA?

        14        A     YES, IT IS

        15        Q     WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION, DOCTOR?

        16        A     I AM A SENIOR RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR IN THE

        17        DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND DIVISION OF GENERAL

        18        INTERNAL MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

        19        PENNSYLVANIA

        20        Q     IN CONNECTION WITH THAT OCCUPATION, WHAT

        21        KIND OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND DO YOU HAVE TO

        22        HAVE?

        23        A     A TERMINAL DEGREE IN THE PROFESSION WHICH

        24        IS A DOCTORATE DEGREE
 
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         1        Q     DO YOU HAVE A DOCTORATE DEGREE?

         2