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1 finished. Page 2572 2 THE COURT: Thank you. 3 (Whereupon, the witness resumed the witness 4 stand. ) 5 (Whereupon, the documents were removed from 6 the screen of the overhead projector.) 7 THE COURT: You have 13 minutes remaining to 8 be continued for the balance of the cross-examination 9 and any redirect, if any is necessary. 10 MR. McGOWAN: I am almost finished, Your 11 Honor. I am almost finished. 12 BY MR. McGOWAN: 13 Q Doctor, the asbestos fibers that Mr. 14 Vandergucht breathed that were somehow trapped in the 15 defense mechanism of his body and were either spit out 16 or excreted or breathed out, they would not have been 17 substantial factors, would they, in the development of 18 his mesothelioma? 19 A I couldn't answer that question. There is 20 all sorts of pieces to it that make it 21 uninterpretable.