1                IN THE STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY
 
        2                          STATE OF GEORGIA
 
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        4      KATHLEEN M. GARRETT and        )
               REX A. GARRETT,                )
        5                                     )
                                Plaintiffs,   )
        6                                     )
                    vs.                       ) No. 00VS001945C
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               ROBERT B. HODDESON, M.D.; ENT  )
        8      OF GEORGIA NETWORK, LLC; ROY W.)
               VANDIVER, M.D; ATLANTA         )
        9      NEUROSURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A.;)
               et al.,                        )
       10                                     )
                                Defendants.   )
       11      _______________________________)
 
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       16             DEPOSITION OF DALE RICE, M.D., taken on behalf
 
       17             of the Plaintiff, at 1200 State Street, Room
 
       18             4136, Los Angeles, California, commencing at
 
       19             11:38 a.m., Friday, April 2, 2004, before
 
       20             AUDREY Y. SHIOZAKI, Certified Shorthand
 
       21             Reporter No. 8984.
 
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                                   Dale Rice, M.D.
 
 
 
 
        1      APPEARANCES:
 
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        3       For Plaintiff:
 
        4           Charles W. Stephens, ESQ.
                    STEPHENS AND SHULER
        5           210 Washington Street, N.W.
                    Suite 101
        6           Gainesville, Georgia  30501
                    (770) 536-7619
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                 For Defendants Robert B. Hoddeson, M.D. and
        8        ENT of Georgia Network, LLC:
 
        9           Rachel A. Fuerst, ESQ.
                    WEINBERG, WHEELER, HUDGINS, GUNN & DIAL, LLC
       10           950 East Paces Ferry Road
                    Suite 3000
       11           Atlanta, Georgia  30326
                    (404) 876-2700
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                 For Defendants Roy W. Vandiver, M.D., and
       13        Atlanta Neurosurgical Associates, P.A.:
 
       14           Brian R. Stimson, ESQ.
                    ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
       15           1201 West Peacht