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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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                     NEIL PORITSKY, ADMINSTRATOR      : JANUARY TERM, 2002
         7           OF THE ESTATE OF DARREN PORITSKY,:
                     DECEASED AND SEAN PORITSKY, A    :
         8           MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HIS P/N/G  :
                     DEBRA PORITSKY AND AUSTIN        :
         9           PORITSKY, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH:
                     HIS P/N/G REBECCA YOUNG          :
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                             VS                      :
        11                                            :
                     SHELDON KARABELL, MD           :
        12                   AND                      :
                     RICHARD M SKAROFF, MD, ET AL : NO 3187
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                                            APRIL 16, 2004
        15                             COURTROOM 650, CITY HALL
                                      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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        18           BEFORE:  HONORABLE SHELDON C JELIN, J
                                              AND A JURY
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        20                                     VOLUME V

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        24                             GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
                                       OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                     APPEARANCES:
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         3                        RICHMAN, BERENBAUM ASSOCIATES, LLC
                                  BY:  BLAKE BERENBAUM, ESQUIRE
         4                        COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS

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         6                        YOUNG & MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
                                  BY:  MICHAEL MC GILVERY, ESQUIRE
         7                        COUNSEL FOR DR SKAROFF

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         9                        GOLDFEIN & JOSEPH
                                  BY:  BERNARD LEVINTHAL, ESQUIRE
        10                        COUNSEL FOR DR KARABELL

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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
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                                  COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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         9           CLOSING_ARGUMENTS:
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        10             BY MR BERENBAUM - PAGE 128, 171

        11             BY MR LEVINTHAL - PAGE 141

        12             BY MR MC GILVERY - PAGE 159

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         2                            MORNING_SESSION
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         5                        (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

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

         7                              MR BERENBAUM:  GOOD MORNING,

         8                  YOUR HONOR  YOUR HONOR, FOR THE RECORD, AS

         9                  I STATED TO THE COURT, I WOULD LIKE TO

        10                  FOLLOW UP MARKING THE EXHIBITS AND ENTERING

        11                  OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY  EXHIBIT

        12                  P-25 IS DR SHANE'S REPORT DATED AUGUST

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