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arm d i- 1 1 -2 4 -m t Z 'L t r w ; Luautan LKUr I-> ou3 szb Y iu s ;s 1/ 4 Cobur^ S roft A ttorneysANQtong&as atLas? sum 2900 SUn202 One WEflCMjmi oam*. 120w&t MAINSTOHT SAINTLOUIS, MESOWU6)101 fiEUEVIllE, ttUNOiS 62120 314 621-B57J 6tfl 277-1020 314 621*2989 FAX Rbh to SajntLous Oshce TBKBCOPg TWfttmpmtm pmoa t m f uCTl i t l oontaina C0H7Z032irZAL TSfCBWfiXOH nfticb a lso a iy I xafiaTi r a iv n s ia o and whlch La m iy f a r tiio o w p f tiui U d rH tM (i) bkiv4 baiorf* i f you ara nofc feho littm ad rocip at e t th ia Caaalmll o r tb s aoploFsa o r agent reapanalhla fa r d allv erln g i f to th * intonded n o ip lta t f yau ara tmruby c o tifla d th a t ony dlm am iaatlon o r capylag o f t b l i faoslcd-La say fcs e t r i c t l f proHfcdTed. I l yoa liuva rocBlvsd th ia fa o s liiil in e r r e r , pla s a i in a stfla td y n g tlff u fcy t a i l l a n t and fatu m m a o rig in a l la o la U a to n i a t tb a ebora a U n m rin tb a C ostal S e r tie * . ttianfc you* O i n t IMS M U R R KOSi ______ /________ BBSS: / piaaaa d k l i v b m b b rouawraat A3 > COtPJUK: ) fourre.!}_________ M t t J f C. L f FAX KO.i 5*03 5 o?y-7 fS PBOKE #: _________________ rams `S r u c j . T X ' i t y & r R*fc. 3 0 . iSOtAL VUHBSH OF BkEfi {Including this paga) TM w RgRRSai If you 4o not: receive all the notarial, please call 314/621-8575, axt. 362 inaediatelvI To send a fox# please call 314/621-2989. M-10S27.1 ami di * n-24-aa ; Mara ; luuukn LKor'r-1 sua 'aYiUDiff z/ $ Coburn Croft ATTnU'NtFYSAMDCOUNSELORSATL w Suite 2900 Suite 202 OWKMfeftraHTTii!CtyrES 120 West Main Sibest SaintLotns.Mikktxihi63101 Belleviu^, Illinois 62220 31421-0575 616 2774026 31462M9S?FAX reply to Saint Louis c&nrs November 24, 1993 VIA FACSTMIIJ3 Paul E. Merrell, Esq. Bradley & Herre11 7493 Bast, Five Rivers Hoad Tidewaterr OR 97390 Re: Gaffey v. Montague Dear Pauls Attached is a copy of the affidavit of Dr* Hilllam PHamilton, personal physician for Dr. R. Emmett Kelly, filed in the Nevada Power case and stating that Dr. Kelly's health will not permit him to testify at the present time. Please let me know if this affidavit is sufficient to excuse Dr. Kelly from testifying in this matter or if you desire additional information from Dr. Hamilton. Very truly yours. BDR/ddc Attachment I ITDLJ i.3x x l-ru_n-i h -z i -rwriu*;i z ; icnvi lhii ; LUHUKPi LKUM -* iu U3 5 2 S 71U 5# 3 / 4 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT a DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 NEVADA POWER COMPANY, A 4 Nevada corporation. CV-S-89-35S -LDG--ISL 9 Plaintiff, V. 6 M0NSAKT COMPANY, a foreign 7 corporation; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a foreign corporation; 8 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, a foreign 9 corporation; and does i through XXV, inclusive, 10 Defendants. 11 12 STATE OF MISSOURI ) 13 ) sc. COUNTY D7 ST LOUIS ) 14 15 a m DAVig off DR. i m n K m am .raw 16 i, or William P. Hamilton, Hereby state under oath: 17 1. I am a medical doctor and Chief of Cardiology at 18 St. John'# Kvrey Kadieal Center in St. Louis, Xieeouri, z am 19 board certified in cardiology This affidavit is baaed upon my 20 personal knowledge and my professional judgment. 21 2 . or. R. Emmet Kelly la my patient and ham been for 23 approximately seven yea. Dr Kelly is now 83 years of age. 23 3 . Last Karch, Dr. Kelly suffered an episode of 24 significant congestive heart failure, resulting in marked 25 shortness of breath and severe exhaustion. When X examined him, 26 it was my opinion that it warn essential for Dr. Kelly's veil 27 being to curtail his schedule of activities. For persons of his 28 age, the recuperative period is often lengthy. To maximise his 1=1u i rncun 11-24-93 ; 2:i9FM ; tlT M -U T l'tlM I l_HUI COBURN CROFT- lLi 5U3 528 71U5iff 4/ 4 yfc!liS83 P.03 1 recuperation, I instructed or Kelly to get plenty of rest And 2 avoid stxasAfui activities. 3 4 t am avare that, an a result of his career as 4 Medical Director for Monsanto Company, pr- Kelly has been 5 regularly u k e d to give deposition and trial testimony. Given 4 the stressful nature of such activities, I instructed Dr. Kelly 7 to avoid subjecting himself to deposition or trial testimony 9 until such time as I release him to resume such activities. 9 5. it is ray opinion that Dr. Kelly's recuperation 10 could ha adversely affected by the stressful situation of 11 providing testimony in a deposition or trial. It is toy 12 professional medical opinion that at the present time, Dr. Kelly 13 should not be required to sit for a deposition. 14 19 Executed on August , 1993 St. Louie, Missouri. 16 'HQ 17 Killian p. Hamilton, k *d . lfi Subscribed and sworn to before me this A . 19 August, 1993, by William p. Hamilton, K.D. _ day of 2D 21 22 ( s e a l ) 23 My Commission expires: 24 asn^&ftftswKfs'Missass sr.uueaKHTY fErmtiaaffim^uaigw. 26 26 27 2