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TRANSCRIPT 2.23.06 (DF. OPENING).txt 6 BY THE NAME OF DR. VICTOR ROGGLI, WHICH YOU MIGHT BE 7 HEARING ABOUT. DR. ROGGLI IS A PATHOLOGIST. A 8 PATHOLOGIST IS A PERSON WHO REVIEWS TISSUE. DR. 9 ROGGLI'S SPECIAL INTEREST IS MESOTHELIOMA. HE HAS 10 REVIEWED IN EXCESS OF 2,000 CASES OF MESOTHELIOMA. 11 IN ADDITION, THERE IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE UNITED 12 STATES CANADIAN MESOTHELIOMA PANEL. THAT WAS SET UP 13 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN UNTIL VERY 14 VERY RECENTLY A VERY DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS TO MAKE. SO 15 THERE WERE THESE SPECIALTY EXPERTS WHO WERE FORMED AS 16 A PANEL. TISSUE*WOULD BE SENT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD 17 GIVE THEIR DIAGNOSIS OF WHAT IT SHOWED. WAS IT 18 MESOTHELIOMA OR WAS IT NOT MESOTHELIOMA? THERE ARE 19 ELEVEN PHYSICIANS ON THIS PANEL. DR. ROGGLI IS ONE 20 OF THEM. DR, ROGGLI HAS PUBLISHED MANY TIMES IN THE 21 LITERATURE. HE HAS AUTHORED A NUMBER OF BOOKS, 22 INCLUDING ONE--THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2004 ENTITLED 23 PATHOLOGY OF ASBESTOS ASSOCIATED DISEASES, SECOND 24 EDITION. ON PAGE 339 -- RENEE' L. JACKSTADT, CSR 30 1 MR. GIANARIS: YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO MAKE 2 AN OBJECTION. DR. ROGGLI IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO 3 TESTIFY AND NOT AVAILABLE FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION SO 4 THIS IS HEARSAY. 5 (DISCUSSION HELD AT THE BENCH OUT OF THE HEARING 6 OF THE JURY AND REPORTER). 7 THE COURT: OBJECTION OVERRULED. Page 27