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              COLE MIHALIK, a minor,       :  IN THE
              by his mother and next       :
              friend, DONNA S. MIHALIK,    :  CIRCUIT COURT
              and DONNA S. MIHALIK,        :
              individually,                :  FOR
                                           :
                   Plaintiffs,             :  BALTIMORE CITY
                                           :
              vs.                          :
                                           :
              JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL,      :
              et al.                       :  CASE NO.
                                           :
                   Defendants              :  24-C-06-007042 MM


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                     DEPOSITION OF:    Eugene D. Shapiro, M.D.

                     DATE:             June 12, 2007

                     HELD AT:          Yale-New Haven Hospital
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              REPRESENTING THE PLAINTIFFS:

              MARK S. COHEN, ESQ.
              LAW OFFICES OF MA