STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA    )
                                               ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
                    COUNTY OF      ANDERSON    )


                    Margaret McKinney and       )
                    Loyce A. McKinney,          )
                                                )
                                   Plaintiffs,  )
                                                )
                                  vs.           )  C.A. 2002-CP-04-3201
                                                )
                    Terry K. Holdredge, M.D.,   )
                    Terry K. Holdredge, M.D.,   )
                    P.A., and Bearwood          )
                    Ambulatory Surgery Center,  )
                    P.A.,                       )
                                                )
                                    Defendants. )


                                 DEPOSITION OF JAMES HENRY KOPP
                              PURSUANT to Notice and/or Agreement, the
                    deposition of JAMES HENRY KOPP, called by the Plaintiff,
                    was taken before Sandra S. Freeman, CCR-CVR-CM, at the
                    offices of Dr. Kopp, 301 Greenville Road, Anderson, South
                    Carolina, on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 3:30 o\\\'clock
                    p.m.  





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                                              INDEX
                    APPEARANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                    EXHIBITS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                    EXAMINATION BY MR. SEARSON  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                    REPORTER\\\'S CERTIFICATE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-81
                    SIGNATURE PAGE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
                    ERRATA PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79
                    KEYWORD INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83





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                    APPEARANCES:
                    W. BRADFORD SEARSON, ESQUIRE
                    CLONINGER, LINDSAY, HENSLEY & SEARSON, P.L.L.C.
                    366 MERRIMON AVENUE
                    ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801
                    AND