COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

                               SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO
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           4  WILLIAM NICHOLS, et al.,


                        Plaintiffs,
           5                                   CASE NO. 93-cj-193

           6     VS.


           7  FAMILY MEDI-CENTER, et al.,



           8            DefendantS.



           9                       depOSition Of R. MORTON BERTRAM,

           io            videotaped



           11   III, M.D., an expert witness herein, taken by the



           12   defendants as upon direct examination pursuant to



           13   the Ohio RUles of Civil Procedure and pursuant to



           14   agreement between counsel as to the time and place,



           15   and stipulations hereinafter set forth, at the



           16   offices of H. Morton Bertram, III, M.D., 7663 Five



           17   Mile Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, at 12:17 P.M. on



           18   Wednesday, August 13, 1997, before Steven W. Varney,



           19   CLVS, videographer, and Cynthia L. Varney, a notary



           20   public within and for the State of Ohio.



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                                   CIN-TEL CORPORATION

           1 APPEARANCES:

           2         O,, behalf of the Plaintiffs:

                           BENITO ANTOGNOLI, ESQ-       c)., L.P.A.
           3               Weisman  Goldberg & Weism,n C
                           1600 Mi@land BUilding
           4               Cleveland, Ohio  44115

           5          on behalf of the DefendantS:

           6               ROBERT E. DEVER, ISQ-
                           Bannon  Howland & Dever
                           325 Ma onic Building
                           portsmouth, Ohio  45662


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                      It is stipulated by and between Counsel fo'r
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           12   the respective parties that the depOSition Of H.


           13   MORTON BERTRAM, III, M.D., an expert witness herein,


           14   Tnay be taken at this time by the delendants as upon


           is   direct examination, pursuant