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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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LA #378717 v1 - 1 - 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

THELEN REID

& PRIEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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Kevin R. Sutherland (State Bar No. 163746) 

CONDON & FORSYTH LLP 

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 850 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 557-2030 

Andrew T. Houghton 

CONDON & FORSYTH LLP 

Seven Times Square, 18th Floor 

New York, NY 10036 

Telephone: (212) 490-9100 

Attorneys for Counterdefendants 

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

OEA, INC. and DOES 1 through 20, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: CIV 02-1505-DFL-PAN 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

OEA, INC., 

Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, et 

al., 

Counterdefendants. 

_____________________________________ 

AND RELATED CLAIMS 

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1. OEA, Inc. (“OEA”) and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s Of London, et al., 

(“UNDERWRITERS”) acknowledge that some of the documents and materials to be produced in 

this litigation may contain or reflect confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information and/or 

other privileged information. For example, UNDERWRITERS have requested that OEA produce 

documents and information from OEA’s defense files (trial and appellate) and information 

pertaining to the settlements and settlement amounts in the underlying Shugart and Wise litigation. 

OEA believes that the documents and information described in the preceding sentence contain and 

reflect attorney-client privileged information, information protected by the attorney work product 

doctrine, and other information reflecting OEA’s litigation efforts and strategy in such actions. 

OEA is willing to produce such documents and information in a manner that ensures the 

confidentiality of such documents and information, and that does not waive any privilege or other 

protection beyond the actual documents or information provided to UNDERWRITERS. This 

Stipulation and Protective Order (“Order”) is being entered into in order to facilitate discovery and 

to avoid the necessity of motions and proceedings related to discovery among the parties and to 

protect the parties from waiver of any privileges or prejudice in this action or future litigation. 

2. Whenever a party hereto believes in good faith that the information or materials 

being disclosed reflect privileged, work product, proprietary and/or trade secret information, that 

party shall have the right to designate such information or materials as confidential either by 

marking the page or pages where such confidential information or material is contained 

“CONFIDENTIAL” prior to disclosure or by instructing the copy service to include a 

“CONFIDENTIAL” legend or stamp on such pages. The parties will agree to limit the use of the 

“CONFIDENTIAL” designation to those documents and information that in good faith are 

reasonably believed to contain proprietary information, trade secrets, attorney work product, 

privileged attorney-client communications, or personal or private information regarding individual. 

3. Confidential information shall be used solely for the preparation and litigation of the 

above-captioned action, and shall not be given, shown, made available, discussed or otherwise 

communicated in any way except: 

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 A. to the attorneys for the parties in this litigation and employees of such 

attorneys; 

 B. to the principals, employees, and agents of the parties (including in-house 

attorneys) who are involved in the preparation, litigation and/or settlement of 

this action and to persons or entities to whom the parties have a contractual 

statutory or regulatory obligation to report, as well as to court reporters and 

their staffs and professional photocopying vendors to whom disclosure is 

necessary in this action; 

 C. to any person of whom testimony is taken or is to be taken in this litigation, 

except that such person may only be shown “CONFIDENTIAL” documents 

during his or her testimony (including depositions) and in preparation 

therefore and only to the extent necessary for such preparation of testimony; 

 D. to any person who is a potential independent expert witness for the parties, 

but solely for the purpose of assisting in the preparation for trial or discovery, 

or for testifying at trial in this litigation, to this Court and any referee or 

special master appointed by the Court; and 

 E. at trial, as otherwise admissible. 

4. The parties may further disclose “CONFIDENTIAL” information provided during 

the course of this litigation if the producing party expressly consents to such disclosure either in 

writing, on the record of any proceedings in this action, or if the Court specifically orders such 

disclosure. 

5. It shall be the responsibility of counsel to bring this Order to the attention of the 

witnesses and third parties who are identified in Paragraphs (B), (C) and (D) above to whom they 

propose to disclose confidential information and obtain their agreement to abide by its terms prior 

to disclosing any confidential information and/or the substance contained therein. Any such person 

to whom disclosure of “confidential” information is proposed shall agree in writing to abide by the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, as set forth in Exhibit “A”. It shall be the 

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responsibility of counsel to obtain such consent prior to disclosing any “CONFIDENTIAL” 

documents and/or the substance contained therein to such person. 

6. All information designated or marked “CONFIDENTIAL” which is to be filed with 

the Court shall be filed with a motion to seal, unless otherwise agreed in writing. 

7. If any “CONFIDENTIAL” materials are used herein in any proceeding prior to the 

trial of this Action, they shall not lose their confidential status through such use. The production of 

(a) documents and information from OEA’s defense files in the underlying Shugart and Wise

actions, (b) OEA’s invoices for legal services in the Shugart and Wise actions, and (c) OEA’s 

invoices for legal services in this action, shall not in any way waive any confidentiality, privilege, or 

other protection beyond the actual documents or information provided to UNDERWRITERS, 

whether as to the specific information disclosed or as to any other information relating thereto or 

on the same or related subject matter. The inadvertent or unintentional disclosure by the producing 

party of confidential information, including by way of document production or disposition 

testimony, regardless of whether the information was so designated at the time of disclosure, shall 

not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a party’s claim of confidentiality, whether as to the 

specific information disclosed or as to any other information relating thereto or on the same or 

related subject matter. Any such inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed confidential information 

shall be treated as confidential information. 

8. When “CONFIDENTIAL” information is incorporated in a transcript of a 

deposition, hearing or other proceeding, counsel designating the information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall have fourteen (14) days after receipt of such transcript to designate, in 

writing, the pages thereof to be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL”, in accordance with the terms of this 

Order. Until such 14-day period has expired, the entire deposition transcript shall be treated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” Failure to designate the transcript in compliance with this Paragraph 8 shall 

be deemed a waiver of this Order for purposes of this Paragraph 8. 

9. In the event a party believes that material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” does not 

contain “CONFIDENTIAL” information, that party may move the trial court for an order 

contesting the designation of the documents or information as “CONFIDENTIAL.” The burden of 

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proving at the hearing that the documents or information which is protested by this Order shall 

remain with the party claiming and asserting the privilege. The documents shall retain confidential 

status at least until the Court has ruled upon the motion. 

10. Upon conclusion of the above-captioned action, including any appeals, all materials 

constituting or containing confidential information shall be returned to the producing party or 

destroyed, at the recipient’s option. In the event of destruction, the recipient shall certify to the 

producing party that all confidential information has been destroyed, except that recipients’ counsel 

shall be permitted to obtain copies of documents and work product necessary for maintenance of a 

permanent file. In the event the recipient chooses to return the information to the producing party, 

it shall make such information available to the producing party at the location(s) where the 

information is then located. Insofar as the provisions of this Order restrict the communication and 

use of any confidential information, this Order will continue to be binding after the conclusion of 

the litigation, and disclosure can be made only with the express, written permission of the 

producing party, or as otherwise determined by this Court. 

11. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to be construed as an admission that any 

confidential information is relevant or otherwise admissible in evidence. The parties expressly 

reserve all objections as to the admissibility of confidential information at trial. Nothing in this 

Order shall abrogate or diminish any contractual, statutory, or other legal obligation or right with 

respect to any confidential information produced in this action. This Order shall survive the 

termination of this litigation. 

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12. This Order may be entered without further notice. The Order shall be retroactive to 

the date the Order is signed by both counsel. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October __, 2005 THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

Lonnie E. Woolverton 

John L. Viola 

Daven Lowhurst 

Attorneys for OEA, INC. 

Dated: October __, 2005 CONDON & FORSYTH LLP 

Jane M. Sigda 

Kevin R. Sutherland 

Attorneys for Certain Underwriters At Lloyd’s Of 

London 

SO ORDERED this 8 day of November, 2005. 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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& PRIEST LLP

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EXHIBIT “A”

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he or she has read the Stipulation and Protective 

Order in this matter and agrees that he or she shall abide by the terms of the Stipulation and 

Protective Order and shall treat all documents, testimony, and other information produced or 

disclosed and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” within the meaning of said Order as confidential 

and shall not disclose or reveal any confidential information to any person except as expressly 

provided in the Stipulation and Protective Order, a written superseding agreement of the parties to 

the Stipulation and protective Order or an order of the United States District Court. 

Dated: _________________, 2005 

(Print name) ___________________________________________ 

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