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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        MARVIN THOMAS & JACQUELINE SMITH   : NOVEMBER TERM, 1998
                  H/W AND MARGARET BALDINO AND DIANE
         7        P. DEPEW, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS
                  ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
         8        JENNIFER LYNN DEPEW, HER DAUGHTER,
                  DECEASED, AND RUBY GOODE-HENRY,
         9        INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX
                  OF THE ESTDATE OF RACQUEL R. BURNETT,
        10        HER DAUGHTER, DECEASED, AND
                  LINDA LOCKWOOD, ADMINISTRATRIX
        11        OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ROSS

        12                    VS.

        13        CITY OF PHILADELPHIA &
                  POLICE OFFICER JAY BIGLE           : NO 1847
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                                     DECEMBER 7, 2000
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        18                        COURTROOM 253, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE VICTOR J. DI NUBILE, J.
        21                               AND A JURY

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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                  APPEARANCES:
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         4                     LITVIN, BLUMBERG, MATUSOW & YOUNG
                               BY:  GERALD A. MC HUGH, JR., ESQUIRE
         5                          PATRICIA A. MC ELROY, ESQUIRE
                               FOR MARVIN THOMAS AND
         6                     JACQUELINE SMITH

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                               COLOMB & HONIK
         8                     BY:  RUBEN HONIK, ESQUIRE
                               FOR RACQUEL R. BURNETT
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        10                     MASTER, WEINSTEIN, SCHNOLL & DODIG, P.C.
                               BY:  JOHN M. DODIG, ESQUIRE
        11                     FOR THE ESTATE OF DIANE P. DEPEW

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                               JACOBS & SABA
        13                     BY:  JOHN M. DEFEO, ESQUIRE
                               CASEY MURPHY, ESQUIRE
        14                     FOR LINDA LOCKWOOD, ADMINISTRATRIX
                               FOR THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ROSS
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        16                     JEFFREY SCOTT, ESQUIRE
                               SHELLEY R. SMITH, ESQUIRE
        17                     JAMES M. DUCKWORTH, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
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         5                             DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

         6        GEOFFREY P. ALPERT     12      27      134      140
                                         29      74      142
         7        GEORGE WIDAS           146     182     201

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         1                         MORNING_SESSION
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         4                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

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

         6                           THE COURT:  THERE IS ANOTHER

         7               MATTER?

         8                           MR. SCOTT:  YES, YOUR HONOR.

         9               WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD GIVE EACH

        10               OTHER 24 HOURS NOTICE FOR A CIVILIAN

        11               WITNESS IF THEY'RE EXPERTS.  AND IN FRONT

        12               OF MR. MC HUGH BEFORE WE CAME TO COURT WE

        13               HAD AN AGREEMENT 48 HOURS FOR ALL

        14               PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICERS.  WE HAVE BEEN