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    1   IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR KENT COUNTY
    2   MARYLAND
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    4   WILLIAM E. COLE,
    5                        Plaintiff,
                                        Civil Action No.
    6             -against-              14-C-05-006502
    7   CHESTERTOWN NURSING CENTER,
        INC., d/b/a CHESTERTOWN
    8   NURSING AND REHABILITATION
        CENTER, et al.,
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                             Defendants.
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                             August 31, 2006
   12                        2:36 p.m.
   13      Deposition of RICHARD FRIEDLANDER, M.D, taken
   14   by Defendants, pursuant to notice, at 1056 Fifth
   15   Avenue, New York, New York, before SUZANNE
   16   PASTOR, a Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public
   17   within and for the State of New York.
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    1   A P P E A R A N C E S:
    2      ROBERT D. AHLSTROM, P.A.
           Attorneys for Plaintiff
    3             10320 Little Patuxent Parkway,
                  South 608
    4             Columbia, Maryland 21044
    5      BY:    ROBERT D. AHLSTROM  ESQ.
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           WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON LLP
    8      Attorneys for Chestertown Nursing
           Center, Inc.
    9             210 West Pennsylvania Avenue
                  Towson, Maryland 21204-4515
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           BY:    DENA M. TERRA, ESQ.
   11             (Via Telephone)
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   13      GOODELL, DeVRIES, LEECH & DANN, LLP
           Attorneys for Medical Staffing Network, Inc.
   14             One South Street
                  Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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           BY:    RENEE N. SEWCHAND, ESQ.
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    1                RICHARD FRIEDLANDER, M.D,
    2   residing at 1056 Fifth Avenue, New York, New
    3   York, having been first duly sworn by the Notary
    4   Public (Suzanne Pastor), was examined and
    5   testified as follows:
    6   EXAMINATION CONDUCTED
    7   BY MS. TERRA:
    8         Q.     Good afternoon, Dr. Friedlander, my
    9   name is Dena Terra.  I represent Chestertown
   10   Nursin