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 1          IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
             BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA   
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     PATRICIA GORDON,     :     
 4          Plaintiff,    :         
                vs.       :     
 5   MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP  :
     POLICE DEPARTMENT,   : 
 6   et al.,              : NO. 99-007540-14-2      
            Defendants.   :                                
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            Thursday, September 27, 2001
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11             Videotape oral deposition 
12   of ERIC L. HUME, M.D., held at 
13   834 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
14   Pennsylvania  19107, beginning at 
15   approximately 2:35 p.m., on the above 
16   date, before Patricia A. Kelly, a Court 
17   Reporter and Notary Public.               
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21          ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES
                     15th Floor
22         1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
         Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103 
23                 (215) 988-9191
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 1   A P P E A R A N C E S:
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 3   WILLIAMS & SCHEETZ, P.C.
     BY:  TIMOTHY J. BARTON, ESQUIRE
 4        935 Second Street Pike
          Richboro, Pennsylvania  18954-1549
 5        215-322-7340 
          -- Representing the Plaintiff
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     MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER, COLEMAN & 
 8   GOGGIN
     BY:  JOHN P. GONZALES, ESQUIRE
 9        One Montgomery Plaza
          Suite 1002 
10        Norristown, Pennsylvania  19401-4814 
          610-292-4470 
11        -- Representing the Defendants
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     A L S O  P R E S E N T:
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           Eduard Grosman, The Videographer 
18         Esquire Deposition Services                   
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 1                   I N D E X
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 3   Testimony of:  ERIC L. HUME, M.D.            
 4   By Mr. Barton . . . . . . . . 6, 13     
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 1                (Whereupon, a document was 
 2          marked for identification as 
 3          Exhibit P-1.)
 4                THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  Good 
 5          afternoon.  We're now on the 
 6          record.  This is the videotape 
 7          deposition for Esquire Deposition 
 8          Services, 1880 J.F.K. Boulevard,  
 9          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken 
10          in the Court of Common Pleas, 
11          Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 
12                Today's date is Thursday, 
13          September 27th, 2001.  Our time is 
14          now 2:35 p.m.  The deposition is 
15          being held at 834 Chestnut Street, 
16          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 
17          matter between Patricia Gordon 
18          versus Middletown Township Police 
19          Department, et al., filed under  
20          99-007540-14-2.  Our deponent 
21          today is Eric L. Hume, M.D.  This 
22          deposition is being taken on 
23          behalf of the plaintiff. 
24                All attorneys present will 
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 1          please announce themselves on the 
 2          record.
 3                MR. BARTON:  Tim Barton for 
 4          Patricia Gordon.
 5                MR. GONZALES:  John Gonzales 
 6          for the defendants.
 7                THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  We will 
 8          now swear the witness on camera.  
 9          We're now on the video record.
10                (Whereupon, the witness was 
11          duly sworn.)
12                THE WITNESS:  Yes, I do.
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14                ERIC L. HUME, M.D., after 
15          having been first duly sworn, was 
16          examined and testified as follows:
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18       DIRECT EXAMINATION ON VOIR DIRE
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20   BY MR. BARTON: 
21          Q.    Go