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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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205461.2 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER

John W. Shaw [State Bar No. 82802]

Christopher M. McDonald [State Bar No. 198093]

SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE LLP

707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3060

Los Angeles, California 90017

Telephone: (213) 614-0400

Facsimile: (213) 629-4534

Attorneys for Defendants,

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC. (erroneously sued

and served herein as “HOMEDICS”) and 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURISSA M. WELLS,

Plaintiff,

v.

COSTCO WHOLESALE

CORPORATION, HOMEDICS, and

DOES 1 to 50,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. C-05-3720-MJJ 

Date of First Filing: August 2, 2005

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE

ORDER; ORDER

Defendant HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC. has made application to this Court under

Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the regulation and protection of

proprietary information disclosed by any party to this litigation in the process of

discovery in this case. Based upon the stipulation of counsel, the Court rules as follows:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Prior to the production of any document (and the information contained

therein (including extracts, copies, notes, and summaries derived therefrom)) by any party

(hereinafter “THE PRODUCING PARTY”) believing that the document contains

confidential information, THE PRODUCING PARTY may designate the document as

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ORDER 

GRANTING:

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“confidential” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS”).

2. Confidential information consists of information that is properly subject to

protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Counsel shall not

designate any discovery material as “CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS” without first

making a good faith determination that protection is warranted.

3. THE PRODUCING PARTY shall have the burden of proof to show that

protective is warranted.

4. Production of CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS shall be subject to the

following terms and conditions:

A. All documents subject to the terms of this order shall be clearly

marked by THE PRODUCING PARTY with a “confidential” stamp;

B. Access to CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS and to the information

contained therein (including extracts, copies, notes, and summaries

derived therefrom) shall be restricted to the following individuals:

i) The attorneys of record appearing in this case and personnel

assisting those attorneys in their work in this case;

ii) Those agents of the party receiving the documents whose

assistance is required in the preparation of this case for trial

and who must have access to the materials to render assistance

in that preparation;

iii) Experts or consultants retained in connection with the

preparation or trial of this case;

iv) Such other persons as counsel for the party producing such

documents may authorize in writing, or as ordered by the

Court;

v) The Court and court personnel, including jurors and

stenographic reporters engaged in such proceedings, as are

necessarily incident to the preparation or trial of this case.

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C. The parties to whom such documents are made available will not

disclose, directly or indirectly, the contents of the CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced herein to anyone except those persons

identified in paragraph B, immediately above;

D. It shall be the duty of counsel receiving such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS prior to their disclosure to those permitted to receive

them under this order to instruct those persons as to the

confidentiality of such documents and the terms of this order. Before

any such person shall receive any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

produced in this case, each such person shall agree in writing in a

writing in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” (hereinafter

“ACKNOWLEDGMENT”) to be bound by each of the terms of this

protective order;

E. In order for the Court to be able to ensure compliance with this order

by an in camera review of the chain of custody for copies of

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, if such in camera review is

deemed necessary by one of the parties to this action, it shall be the

duty of counsel receiving such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS to

keep a log (hereinafter “CUSTODY LOG”) reflecting for each such

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT what document was sent (recording

by bate stamp numbers is sufficient), when such document was sent

to any of those persons identified in paragraph 2B ii), iii), and iv), to

whom such document was sent.

F. All information contained in CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

produced pursuant to this order shall be used only for the purposes of

preparation and trial in this lawsuit and for no other purpose(s)

whatsoever.

G. When this case terminates for all parties, 

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i) All CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS produced by THE

PRODUCING PARTY to any other party to this action, and all

copies of such documents, will be destroyed except for one

copy of such documents which will be maintained by counsel

for the party that received such documents and will remain

confidential;

ii) Counsel for any party receiving CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced by THE PRODUCING PARTY

which it subsequently provided to any person identified in

paragraph 2B, above, will use reasonable efforts to confirm

that such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS are destroyed; 

iii) All abstracts, extracts, summaries, and/or privileged work

product containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were prepared by counsel for any party to

the action will be destroyed except for one copy of such

documents which will be maintained by counsel for such other

party and will remain confidential;

iv) Counsel for any party receiving CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced by THE PRODUCING PARTY

which it subsequently provided to any person identified in

paragraph 2B, above, will use reasonable efforts to confirm

that all abstracts, extracts, summaries, and/or privileged work

product containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS are destroyed;

v) Counsel who have received CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

will provide a declaration, under penalty of perjury, reflecting

the following:

a) All originals and all copies of the CONFIDENTIAL

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DOCUMENTS in declarant’s actual or constructive

possession have been destroyed except for one copy of

such documents which will be maintained by declarant

for completion of declarant’s file and will remain

confidential;

b) Declarant took reasonable steps to have all copies of

THE PRODUCING PARTY’s CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were sent to any person identified

in paragraph 2B, above, destroyed and believes that all

such documents have been destroyed;

c) All abstracts, extracts, summaries, and/or privileged

work product containing reference to such

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS that were prepared by

counsel for any party to the action have been destroyed

except for one copy of such documents which will be

maintained by counsel for such other party and will

remain confidential;

d) Declarant took reasonable steps to have all abstracts,

extracts, summaries, and/or privileged work product

containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were prepared by any person

identified in paragraph 2B, above, forwarded to the

party to the action by and through whom such individual

was provided such documents and that all such

documents have been destroyed except for one copy of

such documents which will be maintained by counsel

for such other party and will remain confidential;

5. At the conclusion of this case, all CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS entered

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into evidence by any party will be withdrawn from evidence by the party who entered

such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS into evidence.

6. In the event that the questions asked at depositions require the disclosure of

trade secrets and/or proprietary/confidential information and/or CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS, those deposition transcripts shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS and subject to the same controls set forth in paragraphs 2(B)-(G). 

7. Each CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or other evidence designated as

“confidential” that is filed or lodged with the Court will be filed or lodged under seal, and

only those people identified in paragraph 2B, above, shall have access to those

documents. Each CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or other evidence designated as

“confidential” that is filed or lodged with the Court is to be placed in a sealed envelop

with instructions that the document is filed pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order

and that the envelop is not to be opened absent further order of the court. Such sealed

envelop shall be labeled to identify the title of the case, the case number, and the title of

the document enclosed in the envelop.

8. Any party desiring to challenge the designation of any documents as

“confidential” by another party pursuant to the terms of this order may do so by noticed

motion in a manner that will preserve the confidentiality of the documents until the

motion is heard and determined; until such a motion is decided, however, all parties are

obligated to adhere to the terms of this order.

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9. The court’s jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the Stipulation for Protective

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205461.2 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER

Order shall expire six months after final termination of the action.

Dated: THE HONORABLE MARTIN J. JENKINS

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: September ___, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF STEPHEN M. MACOUSE

By: STEPHEN M. MACKOUSE

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

LAURISSA M. WELLS

DATED: September ___, 2005 SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE LLP

By:JOHN W. SHAW

CHRISTOPHER M. MCDONALD

Attorneys for Defendants,

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC. (erroneously 

sued and served herein as 

“HOMEDICS”) and COSTCO 

WHOLESALE CORPORATION

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