Disk Utility Freezes on Verify

Anyone with a new iMac (late 2012) with a Fusion Drive having any problems running Disk Utility? I am simply booting up in Safe Boot mode and running the latest Disk Utility for OS X 10.8.3 [ version 13 (444) ] and the utility keeps hanging when I try to verify the Logical Partition or the Logical Volume Group [which is the top level in the disk hierarchy]. I can run the Repair Disk option on the Logical Volume Group and I can also run the Repair Permissions on the Logical Partition without any problem. When I run the Verify Disk option on either the Logical Partition or the Logical Volume Group, it freezes about a minute into the utility. Does this sound like a disk problem, logic board problem, a problem with the Verify option of the DIsk Utility, or some other type of malfunction. I have not installed much on my new iMac since getting it, mostly just Apple software (Logic Pro, FInal Cut Pro X, Aperture 3, etc.).

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