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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

DANIEL S. SHRAGER, M.D.
Plaintiff,

v.

MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD and GREENSPRING HEALTH SERVICES,
Defendants.

CIVIL DIVISION
No. GD 00 - 015809

PLAINTIFF'S TRIAL MEMORANDUM
Filed on behalf of Plaintiff,
Daniel S. Shrager, M.D.

Counsel of record for this Party:
Ray F. Middleman, Esquire
Pa. I.D. #40999
Michael J. McShea, Esquire
Pa. I.D. #65876

MALONE, LARCHUK & MIDDLEMAN, P.C.
Northridge Office Plaza
117 VIP Drive, Suite 310
Wexford, PA 15090
(724) 934-6888


IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

DANIEL S. SHRAGER, M.D.
Plaintiff,

v.

MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD and GREENSPRING HEALTH SERVICES,
Defendants.

CIVIL DIVISION
No. GD 00 - 015809


PLAINTIFF'S WITNESS LIST

AND NOW, comes the Plaintiff, Daniel S. Shrager, M.D., by and through his attorneys, Ray F. Middleman and Malone, Larchuk & Middleman, P.C., and files the within Witness List for trial:

  1. Daniel Shrager, M.D., 5750 Centre Avenue, Suite 390, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206.
  2. Robert Pyles, M.D., 367 Worcester Street, Wellesley Hills, MA, 02481.
  3. James C. Pyles, Esquire, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C., 1875 Eye Street, N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20006-5409.
  4. Samuel Donaldson, Ph.D., Magellan Behavioral Health, Four Gateway Center, 14th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222.
  5. Jonathan D. Book, M.D., Magellan Behavioral Health, 6950 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD, 21046.
  6. Judith Kadosh, Magellan Behavioral Health, Four Gateway Center, 14th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222.
  7. Diane Berneberg, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Fifth Avenue Place, 120 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
  8. John Lovelace, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, One Chatham Center, Suite 610, 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219.
  9. Any witness testifying on behalf of Defendants at trial of this matter.
  10. Any rebuttal witness necessary at trial of this matter.


Respectfully submitted,
MALONE, LARCHUK & MIDDLEMAN, P.C.