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1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 2 FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 3 HEATH RYAN WILSON, etc et al, 4 Plaintiffs, 5 JUDGE FAIS -vs- CASE NO 95CVA08-5729 6 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, 7 et al, 8 Defendants 9 -— 10 Deposition of CARL F ASSEFF, MD, taken as 11 if upon cross-examination before Aneta I Fine, 12 a Registered Merit Reporter and Notary Public 13 within and for the State of Ohio, at the offices 14 of Carl F Asseff, MD, 2475 E 22nd Street, 15 Cleveland, Ohio, at 1:30 pm on Thursday, 16 September 5, 1997, pursuant to notice and/or I— 17 stipulations of counsel, on behalf of the 18 Defendants, Gary Rogers, MD and Pediatric 19 ophthalmology Associates, Inc, in this cause 20 21 MEHLER & HAGESTROM 22 - Court Reporters 1750 Midland Building 23 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 216 621:4~984 24 FAX 6210050 8008220650 25 Mehier & Hagestrom 2 APPEARANCES: 2 James A Marx, Esq Traci & Marx 3 55 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44113 4 (216) 623-8010, 5 On behalf of the Plaintiffs; 6 William A Davis, Esq Jacobson, Maynard & Tuschman 7 175 South Third Street, Suite 880 Columbus, Ohio 43215 8 (614) 224-1323, 9 On behalf of the Defendants Gary Rogers, MD and Pediatric 10 Ophthalmology Associates, Inc; 11 James E Arnold, Esq Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease 12 52 E Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43216-1008 13 (614) 464-6400, 14 On behalf of the Defendant Children's Hospital 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mehier & Hagestrom 3 1 CAItL F ASSEFF, MD, of lawful age, 2 called by the Defendants, Gary Rogers, MD and 3 Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates, Inc for the 4 purpose of cross-examination, as provided by the 5 Rules of Civil Procedure, being by me first duly 6 sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposed and 7 said as follows: 8 CROSS-EXAMINATION OF CARL F ASSEFF, MD 9 BY MR DAVIS: 10 Q Dr Asseff, first of all, for the record, state 11 your name -and a professional address 12 A- Carl F Asseff, 2475 East 22nd Street, 13 Cleveland, Ohio 14 Q Dr Asseff, we were just introduced My name is 15 Bill Davis I represent Dr Gary Rogers in this 16 case and we're here to take your deposition 17 today - 18 - - MR DAVIS: By the way, the record 19 - should reflect this deposition is being 20 - taken pursuant to agreement for purpose of 21 discovery and that formalities and notice 22 and service of same are waived 23 - - - MR MARX: That's right - 24 MR DAVIS: Okay 25 Q We're-here to take your deposition as you've Mehier & ilagestrom 4 1 been identified as plaintiff's expert witness in 2 this case If at any time during the course of 3 our questions any of the questions are unclear 4 or don't make sense medically, grammatically, 5 logically or otherwise, I'm sure you'll speak up 6 and let me know Agreed? 7 A Agreed 8 Q Very good And secondly, during the course of 9 this deposition I'll be asking you whether you 10 hold any opinions regarding the facts of this 11 - case and when I do so if I neglect to use all 12 the magic words can we have an understanding 13 that what I am asking is whether you hold 14 opinionsto a reasonable medical probability or 15 in other words more likely than not Also 16 agreed? 17 A That's agreed 18 Q Very good Doctor, I was provided with an 19 updated copy of your curriculum vitae just 20 before we walked into the conference room here 21 at your offices and i'th not going to bother 22 marking this as an exhibit but I can just hand 23 it to you 24 Is this reasonably up-to-date, and if 25 you'll take a look and just let us know if there Mehier & Hagestrom 5 1 are any alterations that need to be made to make 2 it up-to-date 3 A That's reasonably up-to-date 4 Q Okay Very good And secondly, have you 5 published in the medical literature? 6 A I have but that has not, I haven't published 7 anything since '72, '73 8 Q Okay Because I didn't see any listed in your 9 CV 10 A No My publications have been on glaucoma 11 Q In glaucoma Roughly how many publications on 12 glaucoma? 13 A Guesstimate about 12 14 Q Okay And this is back in the 70's? 15 A Yes, sir 16 Q All right And this was either I guess during 17 your residency or shortly thereafter? 18 A It was during the fellowship time when I was in 19 St Louis and anything I did during that time 20 was published subsequent to that 21 Q I see And what type of fellowship did you take 22 in St Louis? 23 A Glaucoma 24 Q Glaucoma, all right Have you taken any 25 particular training or fellowships in the areas, Mehier & Hagestrom 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 my general private practice ittle bit Now, East 22nd in this deposition Huron Road, Mt include F
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