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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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SFI-560357v1 1 

Order Re Defendants First Set of Interrogatories and 

Requests for Production 

C-06-02820

Robert A. Mittelstaedt # 60359 

Thomas A. Rector #199175 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

email: ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com 

email: tarector@jonesday.com 

Deborah Scott #800300 

6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd., Room C2192 

San Ramon, CA 94583 

deborah.scott@chevron.com 

Telephone: (925) 842-3413 

Facsimile: (925) 842-4562 

Attorneys for Defendants Texaco, Inc., 

Texaco Petroleum Company, Inc. and 

Chevron Corporation 

TERRY COLLINGSWORTH (admitted pro hac 

vice)

NATACHA THYS (admitted pro hac vice) 

DEREK J. BAXTER (admitted pro hac vice) 

INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FUND 

2001 S Street, NW Suite 420 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

Tel: (202) 347-4100 / Fax: (202) 347-4885 

Email: terry.collingsworth@ilrf.org

Email: natacha.thys@ilrf.org

Email: derek.baxter@ilrf.org 

PAUL L. HOFFMAN (Cal S.B. # 71244) 

SCHONBRUN, DeSIMONE, SEPLOW, 

HARRIS & HOFFMAN, L.L.P. 

723 Ocean Front Walk 

Venice, California 90291 

Tel: (310) 396-0731 / Fax: (310) 399-7040 

Email: hoffpaul@aol.com

 LAW OFFICES OF CRISTÓBAL BONIFAZ 

Cristóbal Bonifaz, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 

John C. Bonifaz, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 

180 Maple Street 

P.O. Box 180 

Conway, MA 01341 

Tel: (413) 369-4263 / Fax: (413) 369-0076 

Email: cbonifaz@comcast.net

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Gonzales, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LUISA GONZALES, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TEXACO, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 06-02820 WHA 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

DEFENDANTS’ FIRST SET OF 

INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS 

FOR PRODUCTION 

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2 Order Re Defendants First Set of Interrogatories and 

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Pursuant to paragraph 26 of the Court’s Supplement Order to the Case Management 

Order, on January 16, 2007, defendants filed requests for discovery relief regarding plaintiffs’ 

responses to defendants’ interrogatories and document requests. Plaintiffs responded on January 

19. Hearing was held on January 23 at 9:00 a.m., Derek Baxter appearing for plaintiffs and 

Robert Mittelstaedt and Thomas Rector appearing for defendants. Having considered the papers 

and arguments of counsel, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Plaintiffs Vilma Jacqueline Moreno Chuquiom (a/k/a Vilma Moreno) and Tobias 

Alberto Canache did not respond to defendants’ discovery and are no longer cooperating with 

plaintiffs’ counsel in prosecuting this action. The claims of Ms. Chuquiom and Mr. Canache are 

dismissed with prejudice. 

2. Plaintiff Gloria Chamba has not responded to defendants’ discovery. On pain of 

possible dismissal, by February 20, 2007, Ms. Chamba shall provide discovery responses, 

including sworn interrogatory answers, that are consistent with the remainder of this Order. 

3. By February 27, 2007, all plaintiffs other than Ms. Chamba shall provide sworn 

supplemental responses to defendants’ discovery as follows: 

a. In response to Interrogatory 2, for each location plaintiffs have lived for the 

last 20 years, plaintiffs shall provide the city, street, address (if known) and time 

period at which they lived at each location. Prior to that time period, plaintiffs 

shall provide the name of the location and approximate years lived there for each 

location they lived at. 

b. In response to Interrogatory 3, plaintiffs shall identify their employers, 

approximate dates of employment, location of their jobs and job titles. 

c. In response to Interrogatory 4, plaintiffs shall identify their parents, 

grandparents and siblings and state whether any of them has died from cancer. 

Plaintiffs will also identify any other relative who has died from cancer. 

d. In response to Interrogatory 5, plaintiffs and their counsel shall list all 

persons in the Oriente they know or believe to have contracted any form of cancer, 

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the type of cancer and each person’s location, if known. Counsel will provide 

information known as to the cause of the cancer. 

e. In response to Interrogatory 6, plaintiffs shall state when they contend they 

first suffered any injury as a result of contamination, when they first noticed the 

symptoms and what they were, whether they were diagnosed and who made the 

diagnosis. 

f. In response to Interrogatory 7, counsel shall provide a detailed statement of 

what plaintiffs contend defendants did, when they did it and how that caused 

plaintiffs’ cancer as alleged including the identity the specific carcinogenic toxins 

that are in the materials allegedly discharged, the location at which each toxin was 

present, how such exposure would induce cancer and how they were likely 

exposed. 

g. In response to Interrogatory 8, plaintiffs shall state when and how they 

learned that defendants caused their cancer. 

h. In response to Interrogatory 9, counsel shall respond as to who are the 

individuals who can support the allegations. 

i. In response to Interrogatory 10, plaintiffs shall for the last 20 years list 

each doctor visited, contact information (if known), clinic, approximate dates of 

consultation and what they think the consultation was for. 

j. In response to Interrogatory 11, plaintiffs shall state whether they have 

incurred any expenses getting medical treatment in connection with their illness 

and, if so, state the amount and produce any backup documents. 

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k. In response to Document Requests 6 and 20 through 24, counsel shall 

comply with paragraphs 13 and 14 of the Court’s Supplement Order to the Case 

Management Order detailing their efforts to locate documents responsive to those 

requests. 

Dated: ___________________ By: 

Honorable William H. Alsup 

United States District Court Judge 

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U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

January 31, 2007

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