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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        ELAINE R. RODMAN             : JANUARY TERM, 2001
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         7        THEODORE RODMAN              :
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         8               VS.                   :
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         9        SOMNIA 1811, INC., GEVURTZ   :
                  FURNITURE, INC., AND         :
        10        MARSHALL ERDMAN & ASSOCIATES : NO. 002586

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                                TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
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                                  COURTROOM 650, CITY HALL
        15                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE SHELDON C. JELIN, J.

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                  APPEARANCES:
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                               KELLY, JASONS, MC GUIRE & SPINELLI
         6                     BY:  JOSEPH W. MC GUIRE, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS
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         9                     THOMAS, THOMAS & HAFER
                               BY:  JOSEPH MC HALE, ESQUIRE
        10                     COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
                               SOMNIA 1811, INC. AND
        11                     GEVURTZ FURNITURE, INC.

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                               L.F. MARGOLIS, EDELSTEIN
        14                     BY:  CHRISTOPHER TINARI, ESQUIRE
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT
        15                     MARSHALL ERDMAN

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                               GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
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