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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT : : : : : : : : : : :

LAURA GUIGLIANO, as Administrator of the Estate of MICHAEL GUIGLIANO, Deceased, and LAURA GUIGLIANO, Individually Plaintiffs, V. DANBURY HOSPITAL, ET AL. Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:02 CV 718 (RNC) (DFM)

JUNE 30, 2005

NOTICE OF CLAIM FOR APPORTIONMENT AS TO SETTLED OR RELEASED PARTIES Pursuant to Section 52-102b(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the defendant, Joseph J. Catania, M.D., hereby gives notice of its claim for apportionment of liability in this matter as to Scott B. Berger, M.D., James Depuy, M. D., F. Scott Gray, M.D., Georgiana Knowles, P.A. and Deanna Wolffe, P.A. parties against whom claims have been settled or released. Although this defendant recognizes that this notice is not statutorily required, nevertheless, this defendant gives this notice out of an abundance of caution. Although this defendant denies the allegations of the plaintiff's complaint against it, this defendant respectfully submits that to the extent that the allegations of the plaintiff's complaint are proven, the losses and damages claimed by the plaintiff administrator were caused in whole or in part by the negligence and carelessness of
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Scott B. Berger, M.D., James Depuy, M. D., F. Scott Gray, M.D., Georgiana Knowles, P.A. and Deanna Wolffe, P.A. in one or more of the ways set forth in the plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint of March 9, 2005, and any subsequent Amended Complaints. Accordingly, this defendant respectfully seeks an allocation by the finder of fact as to any percentage of negligence attributable to Scott B. Berger, M.D., James Depuy, M. D., F. Scott Gray, M.D., Georgiana Knowles, P.A. and Deanna Wolffe, P.A. and it seeks a proportionate reduction of any verdict in favour of the plaintiff, in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes § 52-572h(f) and (n) and Connecticut General Statutes § 52-102b(c).

DEFENDANT, APPORTIONMENTPLAINTIFF, JOSEPH J. CATANIA, M.D. By

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that on this 30th day of June 2005, I hereby mailed a copy of the foregoing to:
Joseph Lanni, Esq. 138 Chatsworth Avenue, Suites 6-8 Larchmont NY 10538 For the Plaintiff Richard O' Connor, Esq. Christine Anne Robinson, Esq. Stephen P. Sachner, Esq. Sachner & O'Connor Crossroad West 765 Straits Turnpike P.O. Box 1323 Middlebury CT 06762-1323 For the Defendants Depuy Scott F. Morgan, Esq. Weiner Millo & Morgan, LLC 220 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY 10001 For the Plaintiff Kevin Tepas, Esq. Jane Callahan Hagerty, Esq. Beverly J. Hunt, Esq. Jeffrey Charles Nagle, Esq. Daniel E. Ryan, III, Esq. Michael T. Ryan, Esq. Ryan Ryan Johnson & Deluca, LLP 80 Fourth Street Stamford CT 06905 For the Defendants Danbury Surgical Associates, P.C. and Borrusso Eric J. Stockman, Esq. Maureen Sullivan Dinnan, Esq. Nancy A. Meehan, Esq. Michael D. Neubert, Esq. Neubert Pepe & Montieth, P.C. 195 Church Street New Haven CT 06510 For the Defendants Danbury Hosp., Iulia Circiumara, Roth, Saipher Bennett, Brown, Hoffman, Doe #1, 2 & 3 Gaileen A. Kaufman, Esq. Bai Pollock Bluewiess & Mulcahey One Corporate Drive Shelton CT 06484 For the Defendant Knowles

Richard L. Grant, Esq. 36 Tamarack Avenue, PMB #213 Danbury, CT 06811 For the Defendant Borrusso

Regina Duchin Kraus, Esq. Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, LLP P.O. Box 1936 205 Church Street New Haven, CT 06509-1910 For the Defendant Berger

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