IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

                     FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                               CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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            LOUNELLA ALLEN, ADMINISTRATRIX  OF    :   JULY TERM, 1992
            THE ESTATE OF SHAUN KENDALL ALLEN,    :
            DECEASED, AND GREGORY ALLEN AND       :
            LOUNELLA ALLEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN   :
            THEIR OWN RIGHT, AS NATURAL PARENTS   :
            OF SHAUN KENDALL ALLEN, DECEASED      :
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                        VS.                       :
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            ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR        :
            CHILDREN                              :   NO. 1349

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                                  AUGUST 4, 1997
                                  COURTROOM 246
                                    CITY HALL
                            PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                       TESTIMONY OF DAVID J. HOFFMAN, M.D.

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            BEFORE:      HONORABLE ANNE E. LAZARUS, J.

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            APPEARANCES:

                         SCOTT A. BENNETT, ESQUIRE
                         BEASLEY, CASEY & ERBSTEIN
                         FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

                         BENJAMIN A. POST, ESQUIRE
                         POST & SCHELL, P.C.
                         FOR THE DEFENDANT
 

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         6  DAVID J. HOFFMAN, M.D.    14        3          57      51

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