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In The Matter Of: Pressgrove, et al v. Byrd, et al Jonathan Eisenstat, MD March 24, 2016 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. Court Reporters & Videoconferencing 11475 West Rd, Roswell, GA 30075 (770) 645-6111 or toll-free (888) 355-6111 Min-U-Script® with Word Index IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TENNESSEE FOR THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT MEMPHIS, SHELBY COUNTY BEVERLY PRESSGROVE and ) PHILLIP SIMMS, individually ) and as next of kin of ) HOLLAND N. SIMMS, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) No. CT-004425-08 ) Division VII vs. ) ) JURY DEMANDED WILLIAM G. BYRD, MD, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _____________________________) Videotaped deposition of JONATHAN EISENSTAT, M.D., taken on behalf of the Plaintiffs, pursuant to the stipulations contained herein, reading and signing of the deposition being reserved, in accordance with the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, before Stephanie K. Feen, Certified Court Reporter, at 5855 Sandy Springs Circle, Suite 140, Atlanta, Georgia, on the 24th day of March, 2016, commencing at the hour of 12:08 p.m. D'AMICO GERSHWIN, INC. Court Reporters & Videoconferencing 11475 West Road Roswell, Georgia 30075 (770) 645-6111 www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 I N D E X T O E X A M I N A T I O N S 2 Page 3 Examination by Mr. Smith 11 4 5 I N D E X T O E X A M I N A T I O N S 6 Plaintiffs' Description Marked/First Exhibit Identified 7 P-1 Notice of Video Deposition 15 8 of Jonathan Eisenstat, M.D. 9 P-2 Dr. Eisenstat's CV 16 10 P-3 Medical Record Index, Vol. I, 19 Office Records 11 P-4 Records from Vanderbilt 20 12 University Medical Center from the TUES program 13 P-5 Medical Record Index, Vol. II, 21 14 Related ER Visits 15 P-6 Medical Records Index, Vol. IV, 21 Baptist Hospitalizations 16 P-7 Color printouts of photographs 23 17 submitted by Dr. Schwartz (7 pp) 18 P-8 Color printout of slides from 23 Dr. Schwartz (1 p.) 19 P-9 Color copy of photo taken by 24 20 Dr. Eisenstat of Dr. Schwartz's slide 21 P-10 Color copy of photo taken by 24 22 Dr. Eisenstat of Dr. Schwartz's slide 23 P-11 Color copy of photo taken by 24 24 Dr. Eisenstat of Dr. Schwartz's slide 25 2 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 Plaintiffs' Description Marked/First Exhibit Identified 2 P-12 Color copy of photo taken by 24 3 Dr. Eisenstat of Dr. Schwartz's slide 4 P-13 Dr. Eisenstat's notes on 37 5 materials reviewed 6 P-14 Letter from Baker & Whitt to 39 Dr. Eisenstat, 6/1/11, with 7 attachment 8 P-15 Two invoices to Mr. Baker 40 from Dr. Eisenstat, 2011 & 2014 9 P-16 List of trial testimony and civil 41 10 depositions from 2012 until today 11 P-17 Dr. Eisenstat's disclosure of 42 his opinions in this case 12 P-18 Dr. Eisenstat's 1099s for 46 13 medical-legal work from 2012 to the present, late filed if 14 produced 15 P-19 Copy of Autopsy Report, 10/08/07 89 16 P-20 Late filed color printout of 97 photo of brain 17 P-21 Holland Simms' Death Certificate 189 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 REPORTER DISCLOSURE OF NO CONTRACT 2 3 I, Stephanie K. Feen, Certified Court Reporter, do hereby disclose pursuant to 4 Article 10.B of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial 5 Council of Georgia that I am a Georgia Certified Court Reporter. D'Amico Gershwin/I 6 was contacted by the party taking the deposition to provide court reporting services 7 for this deposition; D'Amico Gershwin/I will not be taking this deposition under any 8 contract that is prohibited by O.C.G.A. 15-14-37(a) and (b) or Article 7C of the Board; 9 and I am not disqualified for a relationship of interest under the provisions of O.C.G.A. 10 9-11-28(c). There is no contract to provide reporting 11 services between myself or any person with whom I have a principal and agency relationship nor 12 any attorney at law in this action, party to this action, party having a financial interest 13 in this action, or agent for an attorney at law in this action, party to this action, or party 14 having a financial interest in this action. Any and all financial arrangements beyond 15 my/D'Amico Gershwin's usual and customary rates have been disclosed and offered to all parties. 16 This, the 15th day of April, 2016. 17 18 19 ________________________________ STEPHANIE K. FEEN, CCR-2573 20 Certified Court Reporter 21 22 23 24 25 4 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 FIRM DISCLOSURE OF NO CONTRACT 2 3 I, Kelly D'Amico, do hereby disclose pursuant to Article 10.B of the Rules and 4 Regulations of the Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia that D'Amico 5 Gershwin, Inc. was contacted by the taking attorney to provide court reporting services 6 for this deposition and there is no contract that is prohibited by O.C.G.A. 15-14-37(a) and 7 (b) or Article 7C of the Rules and Regulations of the Board for the taking of this deposition. 8 There is no contract to provide reporting services between D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. or any 9 person with whom D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. has a principal and agency relationship nor any 10 attorney at law in this action, party to this action, party having a financial interest in 11 this action, or agent for an attorney at law in this action, party to this action, or party 12 having a financial interest in this action. Any and all financial arrangements beyond 13 D'Amico Gershwin's usual and customary rates have been disclosed and offered to all parties. 14 This, the 15th day of April, 2016. 15 16 17 KELLY D'AMICO, CEO D'AMICO GERSHWIN, INC. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL: 2 On behalf of the Plaintiffs: 3 W. BRYAN SMITH 4 Attorney at Law The Cochran Firm - Memphis 5 One Commerce Square Suite 2600 6 Memphis, TN 38103 Tel: (901) 217-7000 7 Fax: (901) 333-1897 E-mail: [email protected] 8 9 On behalf of the Defendants Tony L. Wright, M.D.: 10 DARRELL E. BAKER, JR. Attorney at Law 11 Baker & Whitt, PLLC 6800 Poplar Avenue 12 Suite 205 Memphis, TN 38138 13 Tel: (901) 737-5656 Fax: (901) 737-5606 14 E-mail: [email protected] 15 On behalf of the Defendant AMISUB (SFH), Inc., d/b/a 16 St. Francis Hospital-Memphis, via videoconference: 17 BRAD GILMER Attorney at Law 18 The Hardison Law Firm, P.C. 119 South Main Street 19 Suite 800 Memphis, TN 38103 20 Tel: (901) 525-8776 Fax: (901) 525-8790 21 E-mail: [email protected] 22 (Continued.) 23 24 25 6 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 On Behalf of the Defendants William G. Byrd, M.D.; Phillip Waldrup, M.D.; and Tennessee EM-I Medical 2 Services, P.C., via videoconference: 3 JOHN O. ALEXANDER Attorney at Law 4 Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, PLC Raymond James Tower 5 50 North Front Street Suite 610 6 Memphis, TN 38103 Tel: (901) 333-8101 7 Fax: (901) 577-1416 E-mail: [email protected] 8 9 On behalf of the Defendant Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals, via videoconference: 10 JILL M. STEINBERG 11 Attorney at Law Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & 12 Berkowitz, P.C. 165 Madison Avenue 13 Suite 2000 Memphis, TN 38103 14 Tel: (901) 577-2234 Fax: (901) 577-0776 15 E-mail: [email protected] 16 On behalf of the Defendants Shiva S. Natarajan, M.D. 17 and Pediatric Neurology, P.C., via videoconference: 18 ANDREA N. MALKIN J. KIMBROUGH JOHNSON 19 Attorneys at Law Lewis Thomason 20 One Commerce Square 29th Floor 21 40 South Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 22 Tel: (901) 525-8721 Fax: (901) 525-6722 23 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 24 25 (Continued.) 7 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com 1 On behalf of the Defendant Chris L. Gillespie, M.D., via videoconference: 2 SAMANTHA E. BENNETT 3 Attorney at Law Lewis Thomason 4 One Commerce Square 29th Floor 5 40 South Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 6 Tel: (901) 525-8721 Fax: (901) 525-6722 7 E-mail: [email protected] 8 Videographer: 9 Ray Dafrico 10 Legal Video Services, Inc. 3455 Peachtree Road, NE 11 Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30326 12 Tel: (770) 640-5050 13 - - - 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 D'Amico Gershwin, Inc. www.AtlantaCourtReporter.com Jonathan Eisenstat, MD - March 24, 2016 1 (VIDEO CAMERA ON.) 2 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the beginning 3 of tape number one in the deposition of 4 Dr. Jonathan Eisenstat. We are now on the 5 record, Thursday, March 24, 2016. The time is 6 12:08 p.m. 7 This is the case of Pressgrove, et al. 8 versus Byrd, et al. This deposition is being 9 held at 5855 Sandy Springs Circle, Atlanta, 10 Georgia. Please proceed.