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                              COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

                             MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
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                STEPHEN MARK AMES, etc,
                               Plaintiffs,
                         VS                   Case No:   91 CV 2373
                ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
         ----   MEDICAL CENTER, et al,
                               Defendants
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                      DEPOSITION_OF D PRESTON FLANIGAN  MD
                                Orange, California
                                  August 27,  1993




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          2                      MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
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          4                       Case No 91 CV 2373
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          7       STEPHEN MARK AMES, etc,
          8                                      Plaintiffs,
          9              VS
        10        ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, et al,
        11                                       Defendants
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        14                     DEPOSITION OF D PRESTON FLANIGAN,
        15        MD, taken by the Defendant Felix Pesa, MD, at
        16        2:55 PM, on Friday, the 27th day of August, 1993,
        17        at 1310 West Stewart Drive, Orange, California,
        18        before Martha Leticia House, a Certified Shorthand
        19        Reporter, No 8992, in and for the State of
        20        California, pursuant to Notice
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                 APPEARANCES:
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         3            For Plaintiffs:
         4                  WEISMAN, GOLDBERG AND WEISMAN CO, LPA
         5                  1600 Midland Building
         6                  Cleveland, Ohio  44115
         7                  BY:  JAMES R GOLDBERG
         8                       ATTORNEY AT LAW
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        10            For Defendant Felix Pesa, MD:
        11                    JACOBSON, MAYNARD, TUSCHMAN AND KALUR
        12                    3530 Belmont Avenue
        13                    Suite 2
        14                    Youngstown, Ohio  44505
        15                    BY:  MICHAEL J HUDAK
        16                         ATTORNEY AT LAW
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          3       -WITNESS-                         -EXAMINATION-
          4       D Preston Flanigan, MD
          5                          (By Mr Hudak)        4
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        11        Defendant Felix Pesa, MDIs
        12        A   Photocopy of medical file     16     EXH-OOOA
        13            of Stephen Ames; 62 pages
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           I                        ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
           2                     FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1993
           3                             2:55 PM
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           5                    D PRESTON FLANIGAN, MD,
           6             called as a witness, having been
           7             first duly sworn, testified as follows:
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           9                           EXAMINATION
         10       BY MR  HUDAK:
         11              Q      Doctor, my name  is  Michael  Hudak  I
         12       represent the defendant in this case, a medical
         13       malpractice lawsuit  If any of the questions that I
         14       ask you this afternoon are not clear  or  you  do  not
         15       understand them, I don't expect you to answer those;
         16       but tell