I State of Ohio, Ss:
2 County of Cuyahoga
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4 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
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6 Elaine Ricchiuto,
7  Plaintiff, Case No 213286
8 VS Judge Calab-ese
9 Anthony LoPresti, DDS,
10  Defendant
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12 THE DEPOSITION OF HUDSON HEIDORF, DDS
13 MONDAY, MAY 17, 1993
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15 The deposition of HUDSON HEIDORF, DDS, a wit3ess,
16 called for examination by the Plaintiff, under the Olio
17 Rules of Civil Procedure, taken before me, Miclelle R
18 Hordinski, Registered Professional Reporter anc Notacy
19 Public in and for the State of Ohio, pursuant to
20 agreement, at the offices of Hudson Heidorf, DDS, 1322
21 Hanna Building, Cleveland, Ohio, commencing at 4:00 m,
22 the day and date above set forth
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1 APPEARANCES:

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3 On behalf of the Plaintiff:

4 JED WEISMAN, ESQ
Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman
5 1600 Midland Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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On behalf of the Defendant:
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JAMES MALONE, ESQ
9 Reminger & Reminger
The 113 St Clair Building
10 Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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1 INDEX
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3 1 AGE
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5 CROSS-EXAMINATION BY
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7 MR WEISMAN 4
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13 OBJECTIONS BY
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15 MR MALONE: 7, 30, 32
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I HUDSON HEIDORF, DDS
2 a witness, called for examination by the Plain;iff, under
3 the Rules, having been first duly sworn, as he-einafter
4 certified, deposed and said as follows:
5 CROSS-EXAMINATION
6 BY MR WEISMAN:
7 Q Doctor, would you state your name for th rec rd,
8 please?
9 A Hudson David Heidort
10 Q As you know, Doctor, I'm Jed Weisman, and I
11 represent Elaine Ricchiuto in this matter
12 If any questions I ask you today are not clear,
13 if you do not understand them, will you ask me to
14 repeat or rephrase the question?
15 A Yes
16 Q You have your professional offices located whe  e?
17 A 1322 Hanna Building, Cleveland, Ohio
18 Q And how long have they been located at this
19 address?
20 A Twenty years
21 Q And your residence address?
22 A 3500 Chrisfield, C-H-R-I-S-F-I-E-L-D Drive, Ro ky
23 River, Ohio
24 Q You've resided at that address how long?
25 A Twenty-five years
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1 You're married?
2 A Yes
3 Q Do you have children?
4 A Three
5 Q I presume they are all adults?
6 A Yes
7 Q And you had your undergraduate training ere,
8 Doctor?
9 A Adelbert College at Western Reserve University
10 Q It was called Adelbert at that time, not Case
11 Western, I presume?
12 A Right
13 Q You received a degree from Adelbert?
14 A Yes, Bachelor of Science
15 Q That was in what year?
16 A 1958
17 Q And you then proceeded on to dental school?
18 A That's correct
19 Q And where did you attend dental school?
20 A Western Reserve University, which is now Case
21 Western Reserve
22 Q And you received your DDS there, I pr sume?
23 A Yes
24 Q That was when?
25 A 1960
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1 Q Did you then have any further postgraduate training
2 in the field of dentistry?
3 A I had a year of residency at Highlandview HosEital
4 Q And that residency, was that like a rotating --
5 A Yes, it was a general dentistry business,
6 Q Do you specialize or have a subspecialty within the
7 dental field?
8 A I have done a great deal of fixed prosthodontics,
9 reconstructive work, and also spend a considerable
10 amount of my patient time with patients with jaw
11 disorders and craniofacial pain
12 Q Is there a special name given to that area that
13 we're talking about?
14 A TMJ would be an easy way to say that
15 Q And are you on the teaching staff of any of tha
16 dental schools?
17 A Yes
18 I have a faculty appointment of an aEsistait
19 clinical professor of restorative dentistry at Case
20 Reserve
21 Q And how long have you been in that position?
22 A Well, I've had a faculty appointment sin e 196L, I
23 think I have not been active in the clinical
24 aspect of it, more in lecturing, over the past 10
25 or 15 years
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1 Q And Doctor, are you acquainted with Dr Anthony
2 LoPresti?
3 A No
4 Q Are you acquainted with Dr Cohen from whom he had
5 purchased his practice some years ago?
6 A Yes
7 Q And what kind of an acquaintance do you lave with
8 Dr Cohen?
9 A Just very casual I don't know him very well
10 We know each other to say hello
11 Q Professional acquaintance?
12 A Yes
13 Q Do you also know a Dr Jeffrey Kanter haE reviawed
14 this matter?
15 Are you acquainted with Dr Jeffrey Fanter@
16 A Yes
17 Q In what way are you acquainted with him?
19 A Just professionally
19 Q As to Dr LoPresti, from your knowledge, what s
20 his reputation within the community from a
21 dentistry standpoint?
22 MR MALONE: I'm going to show
23 an objection  He says he doesn't know lim
24 That was his answer to your question
25 MR WEISMAN: I'm sorry, I
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I thought you indicated you weren't acqu inted
2 with him --
3 A No, I don't know him at a