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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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THOMAS M. HERLIHY, ESQ. (SBN 83615) 

SHEENA V. JAIN, ESQ. (SBN 251912) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2725 

Telephone: (415) 433-0990 

Facsimile: (415) 434-1370 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Unum Life Insurance Company of America 

MICHAEL B. HORROW (SBN 162917) 

NICHOLE D. PODGURSKI (SBN 251240) 

DONAHUE & HORROW, LLP 

1960 E. Grand Ave., Suite 1215 

El Segundo, California 90245 

Telephone: (310) 322-0300 

Facsimile: (310) 322-0302 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Randolph T. Scott 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDOLPH T. SCOTT, 

 Plaintiff, 

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UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA AND, DOES 1 THROUGH 10, 

INCLUSIVE, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 09-01841 SBA 

STIPULATION PROTECTIVE ORDER 

GOVERNING PRODUCTION OF 

INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT BY 

PARTIES AND NON-PARTIES

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong 

Action Filed: March 27, 2009 

It is hereby stipulated and agreed to by and among Plaintiff RANDOLPH T. SCOTT, and 

Defendant UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (“Unum Life”) (hereinafter 

individually referred to as “PARTY” or collectively as “PARTIES”), through their attorneys of 

record, on behalf of themselves and any NON-PARTY, to the protections provided under this order. 

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1. The term “this litigation” as used in this Order shall refer to the above-captioned 

 matter entitled Randolph T. Scott v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America., 

 United States District Court, Northern District, Case No. C 09-01841 SBA. 

2. This Order shall apply to all documents produced by PARTIES and NON-PARTIES. 

3. As used herein, the phrase “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL” is defined as follows: 

(a) Any document produced in response to a discovery request or subpoena 

which is marked as such by stamping the cover or first page of each such document 

with the word “CONFIDENTIAL” will be designated as confidential under this 

Order only where the producing party in good faith believes that the information is 

or contains proprietary information, confidential financial or business information, or 

other confidential manuals, procedures and guidelines, including those related, 

pertaining or referring to claims, claims handling, policy issuance, underwriting, 

rescission, independent contractor applications, and appointments and all other 

information or documents detailing any of Unum Life’s practices, and procedures for 

a disability insurance application, policy or claim. 

(b) Documents designated as CONFIDENTIAL in 3(a) above are expressly 

subject to this Court’s ruling upon its confidentiality in the event any party seeks to 

challenge such a designation. This Court has the exclusive right to review and rule 

upon the confidentiality of the documents, testimony, or material designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to this Order. The PARTIES reserve the right to seek 

review of the substance of any documents marked as CONFIDENTIAL through this 

court. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to or shall abrogate any right of appeal 

or right to the writ procedure to seek appellate review. 

4. No person shall show, copy or convey any information subject to this Protective 

 Order to anyone, except as hereinafter set forth in this Order, and all such persons 

 are further ordered and enjoined from disclosing CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to 

 any other persons. All CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL produced in this litigation 

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 shall be used solely for purposes of preparing for and conducting this litigation and 

 shall not be used, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose whatsoever. 

5. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall only be disclosed to the following 

 “QUALIFIED PERSONS” who may be provided with copies of this material upon 

 being informed of this order: 

(a) The attorneys of record working on this litigation and their paralegals, 

 secretaries, and other employees; 

(b) Expert witnesses or consultants who are assisting counsel in the 

 preparation for and trial of this litigation; 

(c) Any party to this litigation; 

(d) Any witness who may be shown copies of CONFIDENTIAL 

 MATERIALS as part of a deposition but who shall not be provided with 

 copies separate from the exhibits to that deposition. 

(e) Any court reporter who is entrusted with exhibits to a deposition as part of 

 his or her task in reporting the deposition; and 

(f) Insurance company personnel, representatives, adjustors or other like persons 

 assigned to work any claim for coverage of, or the providing of a defense 

 to, any party Defendant or Counterdefendant to this action. 

6. No copies, summaries, or abstracts of said information shall be made by the 

 PARTIES for distribution to or for use by persons other than QUALIFIED 

 PERSONS as set forth herein. 

7. Nothing in this Protective Order, including Paragraph 6, shall require any PARTY to 

 secure a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement from the Court, any officer or employee 

 of the Court, any juror, any witness testifying in open court, any court reporter, or 

 any witness in a deposition. 

8. Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude the PARTIES from agreeing by 

 stipulation to permit the use of the protected information in other cases pending 

 before this or other Courts. 

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9. In preparation of this litigation, counsel for any PARTY may retain copy services 

 and exhibit enlargement services to copy and/or enlarge CONFIDENTIAL 

 MATERIAL and may provide them with such material for copying or enlargement, 

 without requiring execution of a confidentiality agreement on condition that (1) such 

 companies not retain copies after duplication and (2) they be informed that the 

 documents being copied are confidential under Court Order. 

10. All documents containing information subject to this Protective Order, and notes or 

 other records regarding the contents thereof, shall be maintained in the custody of 

 counsel receiving such information, or other Qualified Person, and no partial or 

 complete copies thereof shall be retained by anyone else at any location other than 

 the offices of counsel or other Qualified Person, unless otherwise authorized by an 

 Order of this Court. 

11. If counsel for any PARTY objects to designation of a document as 

 CONFIDENTIAL, such counsel shall advise counsel for the producing PARTY or 

 NON-PARTY of such objection and counsel for the objecting PARTY and 

 producing PARTY or NON-PARTY shall promptly meet and confer and attempt to 

 resolve the objection. If no formal resolution can be reached regarding the 

 objection, counsel for the PARTY seeking use of the material as non-

 confidential may file a motion with the Court compelling it to be designated as non-

 confidential. Pending such a ruling any such material shall be treated as 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. Nothing in this stipulation alters the burden of 

 roof being on the party seeking the protective order to establish an entitlement to 

 confidentiality. 

12. The PARTIES agree that any claims manuals, claims procedures, claims 

 guidelines, underwriting manuals, underwriting procedures, underwriting guidelines, 

 rescission manuals, rescission procedures and rescission guidelines that are marked 

 CONFIDENTIAL shall be deemed confidential under this Order, and the PARTIES 

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 agree not to raise any objection pursuant to paragraph 11 or otherwise to the 

 confidential nature of such material. 

13. In the event that any PARTY wishes to submit to the Court for use in any 

 proceeding, including, but not limited to a dispositive motion or trial, any 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL or any summary of the contents thereof in a 

 pleading, that party shall submit it to the Court under seal and the Court shall 

 thereafter treat it as to filing and access according to its discretion. The designation 

 on the face of such document shall be substantially the following: 

“CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTIVE 

ORDER OF THIS COURT, THE CONTENTS OF THIS SUBMISSION SHALL 

BETREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND MUST NOT BE SHOWN TO ANY 

PERSONOTHER THAN ATTORNEYS IN THIS CASE OR THE COURT AND ITS 

PERSONNEL.”

14. The trial exhibit list shall have a designation for all proposed exhibits which 

 constitute CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, in order to alert the Court and all 

 PARTIES as to the fact that such documents are subject to this order, and the 

 PARTIES will cooperate with the Court in the design of a protocol to properly 

 maintain the confidentiality of such exhibits as are submitted to the Court. All 

 PARTIES will cooperate with the Court and its personnel in submitting 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL as trial exhibits in a fashion that protects the 

 confidentiality of that material. 

15. This Order shall not preclude counsel for any PARTY from using in the course of 

 depositions any such document or information which has been designated as 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL under the terms hereof. However, prior to such use: 

(a) Counsel using such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall make reference to 

 the confidentiality of the document or information; 

(b) All persons not authorized pursuant to this Order to receive such 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL (except only the witness, the witness’ 

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 counsel, and the court reporter) shall be excluded from that portion of 

 the deposition during which the confidential document or information is 

 used; and 

(c) In the event that the original deposition transcript and its exhibits are filed 

 with the Court, the deposition and exhibits shall be placed under seal in an 

 envelope bearing the following designation: 

“CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTIVE 

ORDER OF THIS COURT, THE CONTENTS OF THIS ENVELOPE SHALL BE 

TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND MUST NOT BE SHOWN TO ANY PERSON 

OTHER THAN ATTORNEYS IN THIS CASE OR THE COURT AND ITS 

PERSONNEL.”

16. All copies of such deposition transcripts and exhibits thereto to the extent that they 

 contain or pertain to confidential documents, information, summaries or exhibits 

 shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL pursuant to the terms of this 

 Order. 

17. Within ninety (90) days of the conclusion of the trial and all appeals or right to 

 further appeal, or upon other termination of this litigation, all CONFIDENTIAL 

 MATERIAL, including all copies of such documents or information shall be 

 returned to counsel for Defendant Unum Life. Alternatively, within ninety (90) days 

 of the conclusion of the trial and all appeals or right to further appeal, or upon other 

 termination of this litigation, counsel for Plaintiff Scott can destroy said 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL themselves so long as they do so in a secure manner 

 (e.g. shredder) and provide a declaration setting forth the date, time, location 

 and manner in which the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL was destroyed. 

18. The provisions of this Order, insofar as they restrict the communication and use of 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL produced hereunder or information obtained from 

 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of 

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 this litigation unless other permission is obtained pursuant to a further Order of this 

 Court. 

19. The terms and provisions of this Order are subject to modification, extension, or 

 termination as hereafter may be ordered. This Court retains jurisdiction to rule upon 

 motions for modification, extension or termination of this Order at any time. 

IT IS STIPULATED: 

 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 DONAHUE & HORROW LLP 

Date: April 26, 2010 By /s/ 

 Michael B. Horrow 

 Nichole D. Podgurski 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff RANDOLPH T. SCOTT 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & 

DICKER LLP 

Date: April 26, 2010 By /s/ 

 Thomas M. Herlihy 

Sheena V. Jain 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 OF AMERICA 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: _5/3/10 ______________________________________ 

 Saundra B. Armstrong 

 United States District Court Judge 

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