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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYRA GRAHAM,

Plaintiff,

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WAL-MART STORES, INC. 

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:14-cv-02916-MCE-CMK

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

STIPULATION

Come now the Parties, Plaintiff Tyra Graham and Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, 

Inc. (hereinafter “Wal-Mart”) and enter into the following stipulation:

1) The purpose of this Stipulation is to temporarily toll the fact discovery cut-off of 

April 15, 2016 relating to a single FRCP 30b6 deposition noticed by Plaintiff for April 

14, 2016 to take place in Bentonville, AR on the following 30b6 topic: “The number of 

individuals who have alleged safety interlock failure on the GE Food Processor to date, 

the nature of the complaint, the alleged injury, the date the injury occurred, the name and 

contact information of the individual, and the date that Wal-Mart received notice of the 

complaint.”

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2) The parties agree this will not affect the trial date which is in April of 2017 (See

Document 20, Pretrial Scheduling Order).

3) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has filed a notice of motion for a protective order (see 

Document 30) disputing plaintiff’s right to access “the name and contact information of 

the individual” of Wal-Mart’s customers who alleged safety interlock failure on the GE 

Food Processor to date, whether by written discovery or via 30b6 deposition. The parties 

make this stipulation because they agree that Wal-Mart’s motion must be resolved in 

order to avoid the unnecessary waste of both parties’ resources including travel to WalMart’s headquarters in Bentonville, AR.

4) Moreover, the deponent is not available for deposition prior to May 2016, at the 

Earliest, because he is traveling in China. Wal-Mart is in the process of ascertaining the 

deponent’s exact availability upon his return from abroad.

5) However, the parties also agree that if the Court denies Wal-Mart’s motion and 

orders production of the disputed information (customers claimants’ identities and 

contact information), the deposition will not be necessary as the information will be 

available through the less intrusive and costly means of written discovery. And, 

conversely, if the Court rules that the claimants’ names and contact information being 

sought by the Plaintiff are not discoverable, Plaintiff will withdraw the noticed 30b6 

deposition referenced in paragraph 1”

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6) Concerning the pending motion identified in paragraph 3 above, the parties are 

already cooperating to co-author their Joint Statement Regarding Discovery Dispute,

which will be timely submitted prior to the hearing on Wal-Mart’s above-referenced 

motion, in lieu of the moving party’s memorandum of points and authorities. 

/s/ Anna C. Gehriger, Esq.__________

Anna C. Gehriger, Esq.

PSA Phillips Spallas & Angstadt, LLP

505 Sansome Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Counsel for Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 

/s/ Michael E. Carr (as authorized on April 13, 2016)

Michael E. Carr

Carr & Carr Attorneys

4416 South Harvard Ave.

Tulsa, OK 74135

Counsel for Plaintiff Tyra Graham

ORDER

In accordance with the foregoing stipulation and good cause appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 19, 2016

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