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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

BRIAN N. HALL; JEAN M. HALL, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL 

SERVICES, INC.; NORTH AMERICAN 

SERVICES GROUP; DOE 1 

THROUGHDOE 100, 

 Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTER-ACTIONS 

CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00123-A WI-SMS 

STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF 

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BY 

NON-PARTY FOSTER WHEELER 

CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PURSUANT 

TO SUBPOENA; 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Action Filed: February 3, 2006 

Trial Date: October 30, 2007 

Subject to the approval of the Court, Plaintiffs BRIAN N. HALL and JEAN M. 

HALL (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 

INC., NORTH AMERICAN SERVICES GROUP (collectively “NORTH AMERICAN”), 

AES MENDOTA L.P. and THE AES CORPORATION (collectively “AES”) (collectively 

“Defendants”), along with FOSTER WHEELER CONSTRUCTORS, INC. (“FOSTER 

WHEELER”) through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the entry of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order (“Order”) which shall govern the production, exchange, 

disclosure and subsequent handling of Discovery Materials, as hereinafter defined, produced 

by FOSTER WHEELER. Hereinafter, the terms “Parties” or “Party” as used herein shall 

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refer only to Plaintiffs, Defendants and any other persons who become signatories to this 

Order by executing the attached sheet reflecting their agreement to comply with the terms 

and conditions hereof. 

The term “Discovery Materials,” as used herein, shall mean documents, writings, 

graphic matter and all other objects or things which NORTH AMERICAN has requested be 

produced by FOSTER WHEELER pursuant to the Subpoena dated March 30, 2007 and the 

Notice of Deposition of Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. of the same date, both of which 

were served on or about April 5, 2007. 

FOSTER WHEELER has advised each of the Parties that its responses to the 

Subpoena will require production of documents of a confidential or proprietary nature as to 

justify restrictions on their disclosure or use (“Confidential Materials”), that other Discovery 

Materials to be produced by FOSTER WHEELER are not of such nature, and that the effort 

required to review the Discovery Materials and identify and designate all of the Confidential 

Materials therein would be burdensome, expensive, and unduly time-consuming. 

To provide FOSTER WHEELER reasonable protection against improper use or 

disclosure of Confidential Materials and to permit FOSTER WHEELER to avoid the burden, 

expense and delay which would be incurred by any effort to designate specific Confidential 

Materials, the Parties have agreed to the entry of this Order which designates all of FOSTER 

WHEELER’s Discovery Materials as “Confidential-Subject to Protective Order.” 

Accordingly, it is hereby stipulated and ordered that: 

1. All of the Discovery Materials produced by FOSTER WHEELER are 

designated “Confidential-Subject to Protective Order,” and items so designated (“Designated 

Materials”) shall be subject to the restrictions on use and disclosure provided for herein. 

2. Designated Materials shall not be disclosed other than to the Court or those 

persons defined in subparagraphs (a) through (d) below (“Qualified Persons”). Except as 

otherwise provided below, Designated Materials may be disclosed to Qualified Persons only 

upon their agreement to be bound by the provisions of this Order, which agreement shall be 

signified by their execution of a copy of this Order in the place provided at the end of this 

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Order. Qualified Persons are: 

(a) Counsel of record of the Parties and members and employees of the law 

firms actively assisting in the conduct of this action, including court reporters and employees 

of any firm retained to reproduce Discovery Materials for use in accordance with this order; 

(b) Experts or consultants retained by counsel or a Party to assist in this 

litigation who have signified their agreement to be bound by the provisions of this Order by 

signing a copy of it as provided herein. Such experts and consultants shall not retain copies 

of any Designated Materials beyond the time necessary for their use in this litigation and 

shall not reveal or discuss any Designated Materials to or with any person who is not a 

Qualified Person as defined herein; 

(c) Those in-house counsel, officers, directors, or employees of the Parties 

and any related entities whose assistance is deemed necessary by counsel of record for the 

prosecution or defense of this action who have signified their agreement to be bound by the 

provisions of this Order by signing a copy of it as provided herein. Such in-house counsel, 

officers, directors or employees shall not retain copies of any Designated Materials beyond 

the time necessary for their use in this litigation and shall not reveal or discuss any 

Designated Materials to or with any person who is not a Qualified Person as defined herein; 

and 

(d) Persons to whom the Parties may legally be required to disclose 

Designated Materials and third-party witnesses to whom disclosure is deemed necessary by 

counsel to prosecute or defend this litigation. Prior to disclosing any Designated Materials to 

any such person, counsel shall ask such person to sign and agree to be bound by this Order. 

If that person declines to sign the Order, counsel shall inform such person of the substance of 

this Order and advise such person that violation of this Order may be punishable as contempt 

of court. 

3. The original copies of Orders signed by Qualified Persons shall be retained by 

the law firm representing the Party whose counsel or representatives have requested same. 

4. In the event any Party or FOSTER WHEELER believes there has been a 

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willful violation of this Order, it may, on notice, move to compel enforcement or for such 

other relief it believes appropriate in the circumstances. The moving Party shall bear the 

burden of proving a willful violation of this Order. Upon such a motion, the moving Party 

may request that the Court order production for its review in camera of any copy of this 

Order signed by any person who is alleged to have violated the Order. 

5. Depositions or portions thereof containing or referring to Designated Materials 

shall be taken only in the presence of Qualified Persons and the court reporter. If not a 

Qualified Person, the deponent shall be asked by counsel for the Party taking the deposition 

to sign a copy of the Order thereby agreeing to be bound by its terms. If the deponent 

declines, counsel for the Party taking the deposition shall so state on the record, shall inform 

the deponent of the substance of this Order and advise the deponent that a violation of this 

Order may be punishable as contempt of court. 

6. The Parties acknowledge that the restrictions on disclosure provided for herein 

impose a burden on all persons required to comply with the provisions of this Order. 

Further, the Parties agree that any disclosure and/or use of the Designated Materials in a 

manner not expressly authorized herein shall result in great or irreparable injury to FOSTER 

WHEELER; and, in the event of such unauthorized disclosure and/or use, FOSTER 

WHEELER may seek injunctive relief in order to restrain the commission or continuance of 

such unauthorized act. The foregoing remedy shall not limit the Court from exercising its 

power to issue any appropriate contempt order or other sanction against a Party who should 

violate the terms of this Protective Order. 

7. In the event a party files or lodges with the Court any document containing 

Designated Materials, FOSTER WHEELER shall be promptly notified of said filing and 

shall be permitted to file with the Court a request that such Designated Materials be placed 

under seal by the Clerk of the Court. Such request shall be deemed to have been filed by all 

Parties, without necessity of a motion to the Court or a signed stipulation of the Parties, and 

without prior notice to any other Party of the filing of such request. Any such request shall 

make reference to this paragraph of the Protective Order as the basis of the request. Upon 

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receipt of such request, the Clerk of the Court shall forthwith place the Designated Materials 

under seal and such materials shall not be part of the public record. Any Party may at any 

time move, upon noticed motion and service upon FOSTER WHEELER, the Court for an 

Order directing that documents be unsealed or treated in a manner other than as provided by 

this Order. 

8. Nothing herein shall limit the use or disclosure by a Party of material obtained 

by it independent of discovery in this action, whether or not such material is also obtained 

through discovery in this action, or from disclosure of any of its own Designated Materials. 

Materials so disclosed shall not be further subject to the provisions of this Order, but such 

voluntary disclosure shall not waive or otherwise impair the effectiveness of this Order as to 

any other Designated Materials. 

9. In the event that any Designated Materials are used in any court proceeding in 

this action, they shall not lose their designation or protected status through such use, and the 

Party using same shall comply with this Order in all respects during and after any such use. 

10. Any Designated Materials may be offered into evidence in the trial of the 

action, subject to the rules of evidence, the protections against disclosure contained in this 

Order and any further order of the Court. 

11. Within thirty (30) days after the termination of this litigation (e.g., by entry of 

a final judgment or issuance of a remittitur following appeal therefrom, or a Stipulation or 

Order of Dismissal of this action), all Designated Materials, all copies thereof, and any notes 

or other transcriptions made therefrom except attorney work-product, shall to the extent 

feasible, be returned to counsel for FOSTER WHEELER. If the litigation should be 

terminated as to any Party, that Party shall, within thirty (30) days of its termination, return 

all Designated Materials in its possession to FOSTER WHEELER. In such case, the 

Producing Party will be responsible for shipping expenses, together with any costs or fees 

associated with the compilation and preparation of those documents for shipment. In lieu of 

the return of Designated Materials, FOSTER WHEELER may authorize their destruction or 

continued maintenance in accordance with this Order. Whether the Designated Materials are 

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maintained or destroyed shall be at the option of the Party in possession of the Designated 

Materials and the cost of destruction (including any costs or fees associated with the 

compilation and preparation of those documents for destruction) or maintenance shall be 

borne by the Party in possession of the Designated Materials. Except as otherwise provided, 

all Parties to this Protective Order shall, at the conclusion of this litigation, certify under oath 

and in writing to FOSTER WHEELER that such party has returned all of the Designated 

Materials in said party’s possession, or otherwise destroyed such Designated Materials, and 

that such party has not disclosed the Designated Materials or anything contained therein to 

any person who is not a Qualified Person or is not otherwise a signatory hereto. As to 

attorney work-product relating to the Designated Materials, counsel preparing such 

work-product may certify either: (1) that it has been destroyed; or (2) that it will continue to 

be maintained in accordance with this Order. In any event, the obligations set forth in this 

Order regarding the non-disclosure of Designated Materials to non-Qualified Persons shall 

be ongoing and shall survive the termination of this action and the Court shall retain 

jurisdiction over the Parties for enforcement of the provisions of this Protective Order.. 

12. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action and the Court shall 

retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of Confidential Materials 

produced by FOSTER WHEELER.. 

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13. This Stipulation may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which 

when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which shall together 

constitute but one and the same instrument. 

SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: May 11, 2007 By: __ /s/ William Seiler for Richard C. Watters

RICHARD C. WATTERS, ESQ. 

MILES, SEARS & EANNI 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

BRIAN N. HALL and JEAN M. HALL 

DATED: May 14, 2007 By: __ /s/ Lowell T,. Carruth 

LOWELL T. CARRUTH, ESQ. 

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

Co-Counsel for Defendants 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 

INC. and NORTH AMERICAN SERVICES 

GROUP 

DATED: May 22, 2007 By: __ /s/ Donald W. Boyajian 

DONALD W. BOYAJIAN, ESQ. 

DREYER BOYAJIAN LLP 

Co-Counsel for Defendant 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 

INC. and NORTH AMERICAN SERVICES 

GROUP 

DATED: May 10, 2007 By: __ /s/ Dana A. Fox 

DANA A. FOX, ESQ. 

LEAH BOLEA, ESQ. 

LYNBERG & WATKINS LLP 

Co-Counsel for Defendant 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 

INC. and NORTH AMERICAN SERVICES 

GROUP 

DATED: May 9, 2007 By: __ /s/ Christopher Nevin 

CHRISTOPHER NEVIN, ESQ. 

LEWIS BRISBOIS, BISGAARD & SMITH 

Counsel for Defendants 

AES MENDOTA L.P. and THE AES 

CORPORATION 

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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT. 

DATED: May 9, 2007 By: __ /s/ John F. Heuer 

JOHN F. HEUER, JR. 

GIBBS, GIDEN, LOCHER & TURNER LLP 

Counsel for Non-Party 

FOSTER WHEELER CONSTRUCTORS, INC. 

 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED: 

DATED: 5/24/2007 By: /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

SANDRA M. SNYDER 

 U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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The undersigned has read and hereby agrees to comply with and be bound by all of the terms 

and provision of the foregoing Stipulation and Order. 

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