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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Counsel information on signature pages

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CATHERINE PAPASAN, NELSON

GOEHLE, ANDREW YOUNG, JIMMY

BYERS, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON,

RICHARD AND LEAH VOLLBERG, and

all persons similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

DOMETIC CORPORATION, a Delaware 

Corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:16-cv-02117-HSG 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

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I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

A. Plaintiffs Catherine Papasan, Nelson Goehle, Andrew Young, Jimmy Byers,

Christopher Johnston, and Richard and Leah Vollberg (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and defendant

Dometic Corporation (“Defendant”), in the above-captioned action (the “Litigation”), 

contemplate that disclosure and discovery activity in the Litigation are likely to involve 

production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from 

public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting the Litigation may be 

warranted.

B. Plaintiffs and Defendant (each referred to individually as a “Party,” and 

collectively as “Parties”) stipulate to and petition the court to enter this Stipulated Protective 

Order (“Order”) in the Litigation to facilitate the discovery process by protecting against the 

unauthorized disclosure of confidential materials.

C. The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 

disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and 

use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 

under the applicable legal principles.

D. The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section XII(C), below, that this 

Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets 

forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a Party 

seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

II. DEFINITIONS

A. Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order.

B. “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c).

C. Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as 

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well as their support staff and Professional Vendors).

D. Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items 

that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

E. Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter.

F. Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent 

to the Litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or

as a consultant in this action.

G. House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

H. Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other 

legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

I. Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 

action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this 

action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of 

that party.

J. Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

K. Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action.

L. Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

subcontractors.

M. Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

N. Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party.

III. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined 

above in Section II(N)), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 

Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any 

testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected 

Material. However, the protections conferred by this Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 

a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the 

public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party 

prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who 

obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 

Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

IV. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this Litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 

this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 

order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 

claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the 

completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law.

V. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

A. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each 

Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take 

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care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate 

standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, 

documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the 

material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept 

unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 

shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 

for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other 

Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

B. Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this 

Order (see, e.g., Section V(B)(1) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or 

Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated 

before the material is disclosed or produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

1. for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 

but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only 

a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also 

must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 

margins).

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which 

material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all 

of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the 

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inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party 

must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. 

Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 

“CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or 

portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 

identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

2. for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, 

that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or 

other proceeding, all protected testimony. When it is impractical to identify separately each 

portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the 

testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the 

deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 7 days from the date 

of the deposition to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is 

sought. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection 

within the 7 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Order. Alternatively, a Designating 

Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 7 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, 

that the entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL.

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing 

or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have, where required, signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement 

to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit 

at a deposition shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Transcripts 

containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that the transcript 

contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages (including 

line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material. The Designating 

Party shall inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before 

the expiration of a 7-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had 

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been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration 

of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated.

3. for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 

any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of

the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, 

the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

C. Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 

treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

VI. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

A. Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party's confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 

challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 

original designation is disclosed. 

B. Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 

for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 

notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 

specific paragraph of the Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith 

and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of 

communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, 

the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was 

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not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, 

to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis 

for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge 

process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the 

Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

C. Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality in 

compliance with Civil Local Rules 7 and 79-5 within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or 

within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their 

dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent 

declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements 

imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion 

including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically 

waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the 

Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there 

is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or 

any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer 

requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 

sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to 

file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the 

material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s 

designation until the Court rules on the challenge.

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VII. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

A. Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed 

or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for 

prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Litigation. Such Protected Material may be 

disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. 

When the Litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of 

Section XIII below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 

in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.

B. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

1. the Outside Counsel of Record for the respective parties in this action, as 

well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to 

disclose the information for this Litigation;

2. the Receiving Party’s officers, directors, and employees (including House 

Counsel) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Litigation and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

3. experts (as defined in this Order) retained for the prosecution or defense of 

this Litigation to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

4. the Court and its personnel;

5. Court reporters and their staff who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

6. neutral evaluators, mediators or arbitrators assigned to the Litigation by 

the court or retained for the cause by the mutual agreement of the Parties and who have signed 

the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

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7. persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., 

photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstratives, and professional 

jury or trial consultants) and other Professional Vendors and their employees and subcontractors 

to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Litigation and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

8. during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be 

separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 

under this Order; 

9. the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and

10. the Receiving Party’s insurance carrier or carrier(s) and their counsel to 

the extent reasonably related to any actual or potential coverage in connection with this 

Litigation.

To the extent the Parties are unable to locate Court reporters and their staff who will sign

the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) and/or neutral evaluators, 

mediators or arbitrators assigned to the Litigation by the court or retained for the cause by the 

mutual agreement of the Parties and who will sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A), the parties agree to promptly meet and confer to reach a resolution. 

VIII. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that 

Party must: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

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include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

2. promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 

issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is 

subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Order; and 

3. cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued 

by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order 

issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party 

shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material –

and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving 

Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court or lawful subpoena issued in 

another action.

IX. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 

THIS LITIGATION

A. The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 

this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in 

connection with this Litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. 

Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 

additional protections. 

B. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement 

with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 

some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a NonParty;

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2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Order in this 

Litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the 

information requested; and 

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

C. If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce 

the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party 

timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 

possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

X. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Order, the Receiving 

Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, 

(c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of 

this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

XI. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 

provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an ESI protocol

that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 

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communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product 

protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 

submitted to the Court.

XII. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person 

to seek its modification by the court in the future.

B. Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 

Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing 

any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Order. Similarly, no Party waives 

any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this 

Protective Order.

C. Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating 

Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not 

file in the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under 

seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may 

only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected 

Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a 

request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade 

secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party’s request to file 

Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then 

the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

XIII. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such 

material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must 

submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the

Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all 

the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 

not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 

capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 

retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 

legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 

product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 

Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 

this Order as set forth in Section IV (DURATION).

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: September 28, 2016 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Peter A. Wald (Bar No. 85705)

Marcy C. Priedeman (Bar No. 258505)

By: /s/ Peter A. Wald

505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 391-0600

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095

peter.wald@lw.com

marcy.priedeman@lw.com

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Robert C. Collins III (Illinois Bar No. 6304674, 

appearance pro hac vice)

330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 2800

Chicago, Illinois 60611

Telephone: (312) 876-7700

Facsimile: (312) 993-9767

robert.collins@lw.com

Counsel for Defendant Dometic Corporation 

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Dated: September 28, 2016 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice)

Thomas E. Loeser (Bar No. 202724)

Ashley A. Bede (pro hac vice)

By: /s/ Steve W. Berman

1918 Eight Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, WA 998101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594

steve@hbsslaw.com

toml@hbsslaw.com

ashleyb@hbsslaw.com

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

Jeff D. Friedman (Bar No. 173886)

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 725-3000

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001

jefff@hbsslaw.com

LAW OFFICES OF TERRENCE A. BEARD

Terrence A. Beard (Bar No. 98013)

525 Marina Blvd.

Pittsburg, CA 94565

Telephone: (925) 778-1060

Facsimile: (925) 473-9098

TBeard1053@aol.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the undersigned attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER has been obtained from 

each of the other signatories. 

Dated: September 28, 2016 /s/ Peter A. Wald

Counsel for Defendant Dometic Corporation

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 29, 2016

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or 

type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand 

the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California on [date] in the case of Papasan et. al. v. Dometic, Case No. 3:16-cv-02117-

HSG. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,

and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 

punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner 

any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity 

except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, 

even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] 

as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings 

related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: ______________________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

Printed name: _______________________________

Signature: __________________________________

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