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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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                     FRANK FAZIO                    :MAY TERM, 2001
         7               VS
                     HARRIET B SCHWARCZ, MD,
         8           ET AL                         :  NO 0659

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        10                           DECEMBER 15, 2003
                                        PM SESSION
        11                           COURTROOM 475, CITY HALL
                                    PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
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        13           BEFORE:  HONORABLE GARY F DI VITO
                              AND JURY
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        15                CROSS EXAMINATION OF ROBERT PERKEL, MD

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        20                        GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
                                  OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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                     APPEARANCES:
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         4                        BY:  MARK TANNER, ESQUIRE
                                  RIKI RETKIN, ESQUIRE
         5                        COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

         6                        KANE, PUGH, KNOELL AND DRISCOLL, LLP
                                  BY:  WILLIAM P PUGH, IV, ESQUIRE
         7                        COUNSEL FOR HARRIET SCHWARCZ, MD

         8                        KILCOYNE AND ASSOCIATES
                                  BY:  MICHAEL PITT, ESQUIRE
         9                        COUNSEL FOR ANDRE R QUINT, MD

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                                  GEORGE D'ANGELIS, RPR
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         2                           AFTERNOON_SESSION
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         5                         (AT 1:30 PM THE FOLLOWING TOOK

         6                  PLACE IN OPEN COURT, ALL PARTIES PRESENT:)

         7                              THE COURT:  MR TANNER

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        11                             CROSS-EXAMINATION

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        13           BY MR TANNER:

        14           Q    DOCTOR, GOOD AFTERNOON

        15           A    GOOD AFTERNOON

        16           Q    YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE; IS THAT RIGHT?

        17           A    I HAVE

        18           Q    IN FACT, YOU HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN

        19           INFORMATION MEDICAL-LEGAL WORK SINCE THE LATE

        20           1980S, HAVEN'T YOU?

        21           A    AT LEAST SINCE THE LATE 1980S

        22           Q    ON AVERAGE YOU REVIEW SOMETHING AROUND 40

        23           CASES A YEAR, IS THAT RIGHT?

        24           A    REVIEWING 40 A YEAR INCLUDING THOSE THAT I

        25           TELL PEOPLE THEY DON'T HAVE A CASE  THAT WOULD BE
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         1           CORRECT

         2           Q    AND YOU'VE REVIEWED CASES IN PENNSYLVANIA,

         3           NEW JERSEY, OHIO; IS THAT RIGHT?