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                                IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION
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                  DANIEL AND DOROTHY PINTO   : AUGUST TERM, 1999
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         7                   VS.             :
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         8        GENERAL MOTORS CORP., TRUCK:
                  DIVISION, BRISKIN          :
         9        MANUFACTURING CO. AND NUCAR:
                  CONNECTION, INC.           :  NO. 3042
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                                      OCTOBER 5, 2001
        12                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                                         VOLUME III
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                                        P.M. SESSION
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
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                  APPEARANCES:
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                               DE MARCO AND DE MARCO
         6                     BY:  LAWRENCE G. DE MARCO, ESQUIRE
                                    RHONDA LEE, ESQUIRE
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               LAVIN, COLEMAN, O'NEIL, RICCI, FINARELLI
        10                     AND GRAY
                               BY:  MARY GRACE MALEY, ESQUIRE
        11                          MICHAEL J. O'MALLEY
                               COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS
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        17                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, ESQUIRE
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
        18                     COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

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         4        WITNESSES:
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         5                         DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

         6        DENNIS VALLAD      4      18       35       39

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         2                        AFTERNOON_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  I THINK, MISS

         8               MALEY, YOU WANTED MR. VALLAD DOWN?

         9                           MS. MALEY:  I HAVE ONE OR TWO

        10               MORE QUESTIONS UP THERE AND THEN--

        11                           THE COURT:  VERY GOOD.

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        15                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        17        BY MS. MALEY:

        18        Q.     GOOD AFTERNOON.  BEFORE WE HAVE YOU COME

        19        DOWN HERE AND EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS TO THE JURY,

        20        WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE POINT HOLD

        21        PROCESS OR PROCEDURE EARLIER THIS MORNING, IN

        22        LIGHT OF THAT -- FIRST OF ALL, WHERE DID YOU LEARN

        23        ABOUT THREE POINT HOLD METHOD?

        24        A.     THE FIRST TIME I BECAME AWARE OF THE THREE
 
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         1        POINT CONTACT AS A PROCEDURE FOR CLIMBING IN AND

         2        OUT OF TRUCKS WAS IN MY ROLE AS A DEVELOPMENT

         3        ENGINEER WHEN I WORKED WITH THE ENGINE GROUP AND

         4        WE PARTICIPATED IN TRIPS WITH THE TRUCK

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