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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN TIIE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVHTON

WOODROWROGERS PI,AINTIFF

Civil No. 04-2161

GENE,RAI., MOTORS CORPORATION I}EFENDANT

CONSENT EROTECTIVE ORDEB !}' CONF'IDENTIALITY

It appcaring to ths Court that thc Fafties have consentcd thcrcto and for gorld causc

$hown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the lbllowing procedures and provisions shall govem

Plaintiff Woodrow Rogers and Defcndant Ceneral Motors Corpotation {"Cenera) Motots").

l. Until furllier ordet oI thc Coufi or stipulation dfPlairiliffand Defendant, all

documents, videotapes, films. database information, tnd othcr information, including the

substance and content thereof, dcsignated by Ceneral Motors as confidential and proprictary, antl

produced by Ceneral Mrrlots to Plaintiff in rosptlnse to formal and informal discovcry in this

action, including itcrns in Answers, Respottscs to lnterrogatories, Responscs to Requests fbr

Production df Documents or Admissions, and depositions of General Motors employees, lbrmer

erflployccs, or con$ultaflts. shall be subjeot to this Protcctive Orcler. Genetal Motors shall

designatc material/inforrndtiotr "confidential" afler a good thith tlcterrrrination that thc

material/information oontains compeiitively sensilive ot proprictary information, tradc sccrets, or

trthcrwise is confidential undcr applicable law. ConlidctrtiaVProprietary information will be

dcsignated "Produced by Ceneral Molors Pursuant to Protective Onler" or with similar language

in a rnanncr that will not intetlbrc with its legibility.

2. In responding to written discovery, General Motors may tlesignate as confidential

any poflion of any rcsponse that contains competitively sensitive or proprictary infomration,

ttade sccrets, or information considered confidential undcr applicable law, by marking the

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material/information as "Confidential," in a miumer that will not interfcrc with its legibility, and

with the words "Ptoduccd in Woodrow Roeers v. GM, prtisuanto a Protcctive Order" or with

similar language.

3. Any such coflfidcntial material/infomration filed with the Court, including but not

limitetl to transcripts, depositions, exhihits, and pleadings, shall bc marked "Confitlential" and

filorl under scal with the Clerk of the Court, and shall bc available for inspection only hy the

Court and by persons authorized by this Protective fhder to reccivc such confidential

in lbrmation. Such documentshall bc frled only in sealed envelopes on which shall be endorsed

the caption of'this action, an indication of the donteflts, and the following designation:

CONFIDENTIAI.,

This envclopc contains doouments that are suhjeoto a Protcctivc

Ordcr cntered by tlre Court in this dction goveming usc of

confidential discovery matedal. The cnvclopc shall notbe openod

or the contents thereof displayed or revealetl except by ordcr ofthe

Court. Violation hereol'mav bc rcearded as contqmp!llea!r1l.

4. If protected material/infomration isdiscusseduring a deposition ot hcaring,

Ceneral Motor.r; shall tlesignatc tlle appropriate portions thereof as protected matcriaUinfonnation

by so indicating on thc rccord druing the doposition or hearing or by providing notice to all

parties within sixty (60) da1's ofthe deposition or heanug. Any court reportcr transcribing the

hezu'ing or deposition shall tnark each page that contains such proter;ted material/information i

suhstantially the following fomr: "SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORIlllR; CONTAINS

PROTECTED CONITIDI]NTIAI, MATERIAL/INFORMATION."

5. Any such confidential material/information as describcd abovc that Ceneral

Motors shall provide to imy party in this action, and zury information derived thereftom,

including any copics, recordings, disks, prints, negatives, exttacts, or summaries ofthe content$

or substance thereof, shall be kept in the cxclusivc carc, custody, and control ofcounsel fot thc

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parly receiving and deriving such information, and only shall bc disclosed or referenced to the

party and/or to immcdiate and direct employees of the party's trial oounsel's ]aw firm who arc

assisting in the handling of this litigation, expcrts assisting in this litigation, courl and oourt

pcrsonncl, stenographic repofiers, current or former General Motors ernployees noticcd for

depositions or who may bc uscd as witncsses in this litigation.

6. Receiut ofconfidential material/information shall not be disclosed or tefcrcnccd

td any other petson to whom disclosurc is not authorizcd by the tenns of this Protective Order,

and thc confidcntial material/information shell not be used or referred to except in connection

with this pending litigation against Gcncral Motors for purposes ofpre-trial proceetlings,

preparation for trial, trial, or settlement ofthis aotion. Any recipient ofsuch confidcntial

material/inlbrmation shall cxcrcisc rcasonable aud appropriate care with regard to the storage,

custotly, copying, ref'erence, and/or use ol'such confidcntial matcrial/information to ensure lhat

thc confidcntial nature of the same is maintainecl.

7 . Any recipient of con lidential matcrial/inlbrmation, prior to reccipt thereof, shall

bc lirmishcd with a copy of this Protcctivc Order and a copy of a letter, a oopy of which is

attached hereto as Exhibit l, instructing that thc rccipicnt shall not disclose or reference the

confidential material/information to any persofl 10 whoffi disclosutc or rcfmcncc is not authorized

hy the terms ofthis Protcctive Order.

L Any recipient ofconfidential material/information, priot to receipt thereol" shall

also sign and retum to requesting counsel an Acknowledgment of Proteotive Ordet, a copy ol'

which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2, acknowlcdging that they havc rcccivcd a copy ofthe

Protective Order and aforementioned letter, have read the same, anrl understand that they arc

strbject to the terms of the Protcctivc Order. Each signcd Acknowledgment is to be retained in

the custotly of counsel for the puly requesting the particular Acl'nowledgment.

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L Upon conolusion of thi$ actiotl, a list ofpcrsons to whom disclosure of

confidential matcrial/information has been matle and who have siHned an Acknowledgmcnt shall

be provitled to lhe lawyers for other patlies within thirty (30) days.

10. Any confidcntial matcrial/information produced or disclosed in this action, and

any infomration ilenved thetefrom, shall not bc discloscd or rcfcrcnced to any person or entity

who has not signed an Acknowledgrnent ofProteotive Order.

11. Material/inftrrmation designated as conlidcntial may bc rcfcrued to by the parties

in notices, motions, briefs, or any other pleadings, may be used in depositions, and may be

marked as deposition oxhibits in thi$ dctioTr. No such matcrial/inl'ormation shall be referenced or

used, however, for any ofthoso pulro$d$ unless it, or the pottion whcrc it is rcvealed, is

appropriately marked and sef)arately lilcd undcr scal with thc Court.

l?. lf, at the time oftrial. any pafty intends to introduce into evidence in this action

any matedal/ inlbrmation designatcd as confidential, hc shall give timely notice of such intention

to the Court ald counsel fer General Motots. lipon rcqucst, thc Clourt may take such steps as it

shall deem teasonably necessary to prcscrvc the confidentiality of such material/inftrrrnation.

'Ihis Protective Order shall not be conskued to waive afly relevaflt obicctions applicable under

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or tho Federtl Rules ofEvidencc.

Afler the conclusion o['this action. this Protcctivc Ordcr shall continue to apply to all

confidential material/infomration proviiled by General Motors undet this Protectivc Order to any

patty, any party's counscl's cmployccs, to any parly's consultants antl experts, and to olhet

attomeys and their experts involved in the investigation, prcparation, prosecution or defense of

this action.

13. Upon conclusion ofthis action, by $ettlefieflt ot othcrwisc, counscl for the parties

hcrcin shall make a good faith attempt to retum all protectetl material/in lotmation that is not

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"work product," including any and all copies, recordings, prints, disks, negatives, or othcr similar

recorrls thereof including, but not lifiited to any such matcrials in thc possession ofany parly,

any patty's employees, afly party's counsel, and any party's consultants and experts. Any

confidential materiaVinfomration that comprises any portion of the trial or appellatc rccord shall

rcmaitr protcctcd and shall continue to be sealed in accordanoe with the terms of this Protective

Order.

14. Any protected ffiatedal/inlbrmation that is not rcturncd bccausc it has beconre ir

party's "work producl" shall be destroyed rrpon the conclusion ofthis action. After destruction

ofsuch prtrtected material/inlbrmation, (icncral Motors's counscl shall bc advised promptly in

wdting that cofipliance with this term of thc Protcctivc Ordcr has bccn accomplished.

I 5. Ifi the event that any party disagrccs with Gcnctal Motors's dcsignation of any

item(s1 as confidcntial and subjcct to this Protcctivc Ordcr, that party shall send a written notice

to Ceneral Motors specifying the item(s) in question. Counsel l'or the patties will thcn make a

rcasonablc cfforl to resolve the matter. ln the event that the pafties cannot reach an agreefient

conceming the confitlontiality of the item(s), General Motors shall withifl thirty (30) days of

reoeiving the notice described above, filc a motion with thc Court sceking a determination

whether the item(s) properly are subject to this Protectivc Ordet. Thc party sceking protection

shall bear thc burdcn ofshowing that contimrcd protcction is appropriatc. Any such item(s) shall

continue to be treated as confidential iur<l subject to this Proleotive Order urrtil the flattct of

continued protection is resolved by the Courl.

DATED this day of february, 2006.

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CONSE]

Ronald D. Flarrison

Kimbcrly M. Rickard

Ledbettcr, Cogbill, Amold & Haruison, LLP

622 Patker Avenue

P.O. Box 185

Forl Smith, Arkansas 72902-0185

Telcphone: (479)782-'1294

Facsimilc: (479) 782- 1493

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

Hardin, Jcsson & Terry, PLC

5000 Rogets Avenue

P. O. Dox 10127

Fort Smith, Arkansas l?911-0127

Tclephorrc: (419) 45?-2200

Facsirnilc: (4?9)452-9097

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Halli D. Cohn

Peter M. Jones

King & Spalding LLP

191 Peaohtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30303- 1763 'I'elephone: (404)572-4600

Facsimile: (404)572-5100

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

KirkmHn 'I . Doueheftv

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