TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA JOHN DOE, ET AL. VERSUS

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1 TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. - DIVISION "A" JOHN DOE, ET AL. VERSUS JOHN SMITH, JR., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY and ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. Deposition of JOHN DOE, taken at the Law Offices of John Smith & Associates, Law Road, Suite, New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, the th day of September,. Reported by: SUZIE QUE Certified Court Reporter Registered Professional Reporter

2 APPEARANCES: SMITH, FALCON & DUNN (By: John Smith, Esq.) Fourth Street, Suite 0 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF DEWY, HUEY & LOUIE (By: John Huey, Esq.) Fifth Street, Suite 0 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS

3 INDEX Page AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL EXAMINATION BY MR. SMITH EXHIBITS P- License REPORTER'S PAGE REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

4 S T I P U L A T I O N It is stipulated and agreed by and between counsel for the parties that the deposition of JOHN DOE, is hereby taken under Article Et Seq., of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, in accordance with law, pursuant to notice; That the formalities, such as reading, signing, sealing, certification, and filing, are specifically waived; That all objections, save those as to the form of the questions, are hereby reserved until such time as this deposition, or any part thereof, may be used or sought to be used in evidence. * * * SUZIE QUE, Certified Court Reporter in and for the State of Louisiana, officiated in administering the oath to the above-named witness. * * *

5 JOHN DOE, 00 Apple Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 0, after having been first duly sworn by the Certified Court Reporter, did testify as follows: - EXAMINATION - BY MR. SMITH: Q. Mr. Doe, would you state your name and address for the Record, please? A. John Doe. Address is 00 Apple Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 0. Q. Do you have a driver's license? A. Yes. Q. May I see it? A. Yes. MR. SMITH: Let the Record reflect the witness has handed me his driver's license, which will be marked as "P-." THE WITNESS: Can we take a quick break? MR. SMITH: Yes. (Off-the-record) MR. SMITH: Back on the Record.

6 REPORTER'S PAGE I, SUZIE QUE, Certified Court Reporter in and for the State of Louisiana, the officer, as defined in Rule of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or Article (B) of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, before whom this proceeding was taken, do hereby state on the Record: That due to the interaction in the spontaneous discourse of this proceeding, dashes (--) have been used to indicate pauses, changes in thought, and/or talkovers; that same is the proper method for a Court Reporter's transcription of proceeding, and that the dashes (--) do not indicate that words or phrases have been left out of this transcript; That any words and/or names which could not be verified through reference material have been denoted with the phrase "(spelled phonetically)." _ SUZIE QUE Certified Court Reporter Registered Professional Reporter

7 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE This certification is valid only for a transcript accompanied by my original signature and original required seal on this page. I, SUZIE QUE, Certified Court Reporter in and for the State of Louisiana, as the officer before whom this testimony was administered, do hereby certify that JOHN DOE after having been duly sworn by me upon authority of R.S. :, did testify as hereinbefore set forth in the foregoing pages; That this testimony was reported by me in the stenotype reporting method; was prepared and transcribed by me or under my personal direction and supervision, and is a true and correct transcript to the best of my ability and understanding; That the foregoing transcript has been prepared in compliance with transcript format guidelines required by statute or by the Rules of the Louisiana Certified Shorthand Reporter Board; and that I am informed about the complete arrangement, financial or otherwise, with the person or entity making arrangement for deposition services; that I have acted in compliance with the prohibition on contractual relationships, as defined by the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article and in rules and advisory opinions of the board; That I have no actual knowledge of any prohibited employment or contractual relationship, direct or indirect, between a court reporting firm and any party litigant in this matter, nor is there any such relationship between myself and a party litigant in this matter; That I am not of counsel, not related to counsel or the parties herein, nor am I otherwise interested in the outcome of this matter. SUZIE QUE Certified Court Reporter Registered Professional Reporter