IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

                     FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                               CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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            MARILYN Z MC HENRY,           :    AUGUST TERM, 1992
            EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE        :
            OF JAMES J MC HENRY           :
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                        VS                :
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            RICHARD N EDIE, MD,         :
            FREDERICK R ARMENTI, MD,    :
            MATTHEW EPPLEY, MD AND       :
            THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY    :
            HOSPITAL                       :    NO 1372

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                                   JUNE 4, 1997
                                  COURTROOM 246
                                    CITY HALL
                            PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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                      TESTIMONY OF GROVER M HUTCHINS, MD

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            BEFORE:      HONORABLE ANNE E LAZARUS, J

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            APPEARANCES:

                         CLIFFORD E HAINES, ESQUIRE
                         LITVIN, BLUMBERG, MATUSOW & YOUNG
                         FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

                         WILLIAM F SUTTON, ESQUIRE
                         POST & SCHELL, PC
                         FOR THE DEFENDANTS
 

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         5  WITNESS                       DR     CR     RDR     RCR
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         6  GROVER M HUTCHINS, MD      15     66     107     112

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         8  VOIR_DIRE
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        10  WITNESS                       DR     CR     RDR     RCR
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        11  GROVER M HUTCHINS, MD       3     12

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         1               (AT THIS POINT THE JURY ENTERED THE ROOM)

         2               THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING

         3               MR HAINES:  MAY I PROCEED?

         4               THE COURT:  YOU MAY

         5               MR HAINES:  YOUR HONOR, THE PLAINTIFF CALLS

         6         GROVER HUTCHINS

         7               THE COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR

         8         THE COURT; SPELL YOUR LAST NAME

         9               THE WITNESS:  GROVER M HUTCHINS,

        10         H-U-T-C-H-I-N-S

        11               THE COURT CRIER:  YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE COURT,

        12         SIR

        13               THE WITNESS:  DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AT

        14         JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

        15                       (WITNESS SWORN)

        16               GROVER M HUTCHINS, MD, HAVING BEEN DULY

        17         SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

        18                      DIRECT EXAMINATION

        19  BY MR HAINES:

        20  Q     DR HUTCHINS, GOOD MORNING

        21  A     GOOD MORNING

        22  Q     CAN YOU TELL THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY WHAT YOUR

        23  PROFESSION IS, PLEASE?

        24  A     I AM AN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGIST AND A PROFESSOR OF

        25  PATHOLOGY IN JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
 

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         1  AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE AUTOPSY SERVICE FOR THE JOHNS

         2  HOPKINS HOSPITAL

         3  Q     ARE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT JOBS OR THE SAME JOB?

         4  A     THE JOBS ARE CLOSELY LINKED  THERE ARE TWO

         5  DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WORK FOR

         6  Q     ONE IS A TEACHING POSITION AND THE OTHER IS A

         7  POSITION IN A HOSPITAL PROVIDING SERVICES TO OR FOR THE

         8  PATIENTS THAT COME THERE; IS THAT CORRECT?

         9  A     THAT'S CORRECT  THE HOSPITAL POSITION IS BASICALLY

        10  SERVICE; THAT IS WE PERFORM AUTOPSIES ON PATIENTS WHO DIE

        11  AT THE HOSPITAL, AND I PROVIDE REPORTS TO THE CLINICAL

        12  SIDE

        13         THE UNIVERSITY POSITION IS CONCERNED MORE WITH

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