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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        ANGELY MARIE BAEZ, A MINOR,: NOVEMBER TERM, 1999
                  BY AND THROUGH HER NATURAL :
         7        PARENT AND GUARDIAN, MARIA :
                  BARBER, IN HER OWN RIGHT   :
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                         VS.                 :
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                  TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,:
        10        DRS. ANDREW ROSEN, VALERIE :
                  WHITEMAN, KIM PHONG DANG,  :
        11        MOHAMMED EL-MALLAH, BERNICE:
                  DUESLER, JOAN TAULANE      : NO. 0903
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                                       AUGUST 19, 2002
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                                  COURTROOM 243, CITY HALL
        16                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        18        BEFORE:  HONORABLE ALLAN L. TERESHKO, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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         6                     JOSEPH ARMENTI & ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  JOSEPH R. ARMENTI, ESQUIRE
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               MYLOTTE, DAVID & FITZPATRICK
        10                     BY:  CHARLES A. FITZPATRICK, III, ESQUIRE
                                    MICHAEL G. SABO, ESQUIRE
        11                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS

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         3        OPENING BY MR. ARMENTI - PAGE 13

         4        OPENING BY MR. FITZPATRICK - PAGE 29
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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (WHEREUPON COUNSEL MET WITH THE COURT

         6               IN CHAMBERS:)

         7                           THE COURT:  YOU CALLED ON

         8               FRIDAY.  WE WERE OUT FRIDAY.  YOU RAISED AN

         9               ISSUE ABOUT ONE OF YOUR MOTIONS.  A

        10               CONFLICT.  ONE OF THE MOTIONS IS --

        11                           MR. ARMENTI:  THERE WAS A COURT

        12               ORDER.

        13                           THE COURT:  DO WE NEED TO

        14               ADDRESS IT NOW?

        15                           MR. ARMENTI:  WE CAN ADDRESS IT

        16               THEN, BUT IT WOULD HELP JUST TO KNOW.

        17                           THE COURT:  DO YOU REMEMBER THE

        18               ISSUE GENERALLY?

        19                           MR. ARMENTI:  THE ISSUE

        20               GENERALLY WAS THE COURT ORDER HAD TWO

        21               DIFFERENT WAYS.  FIRST OF ALL, IT SAID THAT

        22               MANNING WAS COMPLETELY EXCLUDED.

        23               UNDERNEATH THAT IT HAD X, Y AND Z WAS

        24               EXCLUDED.  IN FACT --
 
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