IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

                          FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                                    CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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                  KAREN CASSELLS              : APRIL TERM, 1995

                        VS                   : NO 1507

                  JANE B PORCELAN, MD      :
                  MARK E CHASTENEY, III, MD

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                                  COURTROOM 650, CITY HALL
                                 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                                         VOLUME II

                                       JULY 23, 1997

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                  BEFORE:  HONORABLE JOSEPH I PAPALINI, J
                                         AND A JURY

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                       GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
                                1321 ARCH STREET - SUITE 302
                                  PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
                                       (215) 686-4240
 










                  APPEARANCES:



                               JAMES B CRUMMETT, ESQUIRE
                               BY:  JOHN MC VEIGH, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE PLAINTIFFS



                               GARY M SAMMS, ESQUIRE
                               FOR THE DEFENDANTS
 







                                          I N D E X
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                  WITNESSES            DIRECT   CROSS   REDIRECT  RECROSS
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                  FRANK MARLOWE, MD    6        11       71       76

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         1                           THE COURT:  MEMBERS OF THE

         2               JURY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE DELAY

         3               HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TWO LAWYERS  I

         4               HAD TO GO TO A CONFERENCE BECAUSE I HAVE TO

         5               ASSIGN ALL THE CASES FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT

         6               WEEK  SO I TOLD THEM I WAS RIGHT IN THE

         7               MIDDLE OF TRIAL  THEY SAID GIVE US FIFTEEN

         8               MINUTES  FIFTEEN TURNS INTO TWENTY

         9               MINUTES  IT WASN'T THE LAWYER'S FAULT  I

        10               APOLOGIZE  EVERYBODY HAS A BOSS  JUST TO

        11               LET YOU KNOW  THANK YOU  OKAY, COUNSEL

        12               WE ARE GOING TO DO THE DEFENSE  HERE IS

        13               WHAT WE DID  YOU SAW THE MOVIE THIS

        14               MORNING  THE VIDEO

        15                     AS YOU KNOW, THE PLAINTIFF IS STILL

        16               PRESENTING HIS CASE  NOW, THE PLAINTIFF

        17               WAS ON THE STAND YESTERDAY AND WE STOPPED

        18               HIM  WE SAID YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THE

        19               THING  IT WAS ABOUT 4:30 OR SO  WE SAID

        20               WE WILL PUT YOU ON TOMORROW  FIRST WE

        21               SHOWED THE VIDEO WHICH YOU SAW  THEN YOU

        22               WENT TO LUNCH  THIS AFTERNOON WHAT WE HAVE

        23               IS BECAUSE THE DEFENSE HAS A EXPERT WHO IS

        24               LIVE RATHER THAN ON VIDEO HE HAS BEEN
 
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         1               WAITING AROUND FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO BE PUT

         2               ON  IT'S REALLY NOT THE DEFENSE'S TURN

         3               IT'S REALLY THE PLAINTIFF'S TURN

         4               TECHNICALLY THE PLAINTIFF WOULD HAVE TO

         5               FINISH LIKE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE DEFENSE

         6               EXPERT IS NOT GOING TO BE AROUND TOMORROW

         7               SO WHAT DO WE DO?  BOTH COUNSEL AGREED WE

         8               ARE SWITCHING  PLAINTIFF HAS NOT FINISHED

         9               HIS CASE YET  WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE

        10               DEFENSE EXPERT AND PUT HIM ON FOR THE

        11               DE