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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LESTER HAYES, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, 

INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 16-CV-1072-CAB(WVG)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER; and PROTECIVE ORDER 

[Doc. No. 37.] 

The Court enters this Order in accordance with Rule 26 of the Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure to protect the specific and serious trade secret and confidentiality 

interests of the parties to the above-captioned matter, as well as any third parties 

from whom information is sought in this matter, and to expedite discovery without 

delay caused by possible disputes regarding claims of confidentiality of information, 

documents and things that may contain or constitute trade secrets, confidential 

research and development, and any commercial, financial or other proprietary 

information. 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 

that: 

I. SCOPE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER 

1.01 Scope of Order. 

This Order shall apply to discovery initiated by any of the parties to one or 

more other parties or to any third parties and shall apply to all information, 

documents, electronically stored information (“ESI”), and/or things in the 

possession of or under the control of any party or third party subject to discovery in 

this action. This Order shall further govern the production of documents and 

information supplied in this case in any form by a party and designated by that 

producing party as embodying “Confidential” material for purposes of discovery or 

otherwise. 

II. PROCEDURES FOR PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION 

2.01 “Confidential” Information Defined. 

“Confidential” material shall include any non-public material that the 

Producing Party reasonably and in good faith believes contains or reveals trade 

secrets; confidential research, development or commercial information, including 

but not limited to inspections of premises or things; or other proprietary or sensitive 

information or know-how that derives its value from secrecy, or such material the 

public disclosure of which would cause the Producing Party, or third parties 

identified therein, undo annoyance or embarrassment. The scope of this Order shall 

include all copies, excerpts, summaries, or notes that are prepared or derived 

therefrom and that incorporate or reflect information contained in any Confidential 

material, as well as testimony and oral conversations derived therefrom or related 

thereto. 

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2.02 Designation of Confidential Information. 

Each deposition transcript page or portion thereof, each interrogatory answer 

or portion thereof, each produced document or portion thereof, and each premise or 

thing or portion thereof which is deemed by the Producing Party to disclose 

confidential information (hereinafter “Confidential Information”), will be identified 

and labeled as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

Such identification and marking shall be made at the time when the Producing 

Party provides responses, documents, inspections, or things that it considers to be 

Confidential Information. In the case of deposition transcript pages, the designating 

party shall advise opposing counsel of the specific pages to be maintained in 

confidence, if any, within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the transcript of the 

deposition, if such request for a confidential designation is not made at or during the 

deposition. If such request is made during the course of a deposition, no further 

action is required to maintain the transcript in confidence. During the 30-day 

period, the entire deposition transcript shall be deemed to be confidential. 

Further, at the beginning of any physical inspection of any tangible item, 

premise, or thing or portion thereof, either party, through counsel, may declare the 

inspection itself, and any and all visual observations, measurements, drawings, 

depictions, photographic and/or videotaped images, audio-taped and/or transcribed 

audio-taped information, recordings of any kind, notes, and any documents received 

or generated related to the physical inspection as containing Confidential 

Information. 

2.03 Disputes as to Confidential Information. 

A party may object to the designation of particular Confidential Information 

by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The 

written notice shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the 

parties cannot resolve the objection within ten (10) business days after the time the 

notice is received, it shall be the obligation of the party designating the information 

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as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate motion, requesting that the Court 

determine whether the disputed information should be subject to the terms of this 

Protective Order. If such a motion is timely filed, the disputed information shall be 

treated as Confidential Information under the terms of this Protective Order until the 

Court rules on the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within 

the prescribed time, the disputed information shall lose its designation as 

CONFIDENTIAL and shall not thereafter be treated as Confidential Information in 

accordance with this Protective Order. In connection with a motion filed under this 

provision, the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL shall bear the 

burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed information to be 

treated as Confidential Information. 

III. AUTHORIZED USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

3.01 Use of Confidential Information. 

Confidential Information shall not be used or shown, disseminated, copied or 

in any way communicated to any person for any purpose whatsoever, other than as 

required for the preparation and trial of this action, including any appeals, and only 

in compliance with this Order. Confidential Information shall not be used for 

competitive purposes. No person shall under any circumstances sell, offer for sale, 

advertise or in any way disclose Confidential Information (e.g., no person shall 

permit the viewing, dissemination, copying, recording, duplicating, transmitting or 

sharing of Confidential Information). Counsel for Plaintiff or Defendant shall take 

necessary and reasonably proper precautions to prevent the unauthorized or 

inadvertent disclosure or distribution of any Confidential Information. 

Except with the prior written consent of counsel for the party designating the 

information or upon further order of this Court, disclosure of Confidential 

Information shall be limited to the following persons, who shall be referred to as 

“Qualified Persons”: 

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(a) attorneys of record for any of the parties and necessary employees of 

the attorneys of record or the law firm of the attorneys of record in this case; 

(b) all outside experts and consultants, who are not employees, officers, 

directors, or representatives of any party, retained by the parties and whose 

assistance is necessary in the preparation and trial of this action and who have a 

need related to this litigation to review the Confidential Information, as well as the 

employees of the outside experts and consultants or the firm of such experts and 

consultants who have a need related to this litigation to review the Confidential 

Information; 

(c) all named parties who have made an appearance in this lawsuit and 

their employees; and 

(d) the judge and jury that hears this case at trial and any necessary court 

personnel. 

Copies of Confidential Information bearing a label specified in paragraph 

2.01 and 2.02 hereof shall not be disclosed to any person, other than the Qualified 

Persons of paragraph 3.01, by the party to whom they are produced, unless they 

become a part of the public record of this action. 

3.02 Prerequisites to Disclosure to Qualified Persons. 

No person listed in Paragraph 3.01 (a) - (c) shall be allowed access to 

Confidential Information unless each such person is (i) given a copy of this Order 

and thoroughly advised as to its terms by the respective party’s attorney; and (ii) 

agrees in writing to strictly comply with the terms of this Order through completion 

of the form that is attached to this Order as Exhibit 1. For the persons listed in 

Paragraph 3.01 (a), the requirements of this Paragraph 3.02 can be met by the 

attorney of record completing the form attached as Exhibit 1 on behalf of the 

attorney and the attorney’s agents or employees. 

Before disclosing Confidential Information to any person who is known to be 

a competitor (or an employee of a competitor of the party that so designated the 

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discovery material), the party wishing to make such disclosure shall give at least 

seven (7) business days advance notice in writing to the counsel who designated 

such discovery material as Confidential Information, stating that such disclosure 

will be made, identifying by subject matter category the discovery material to be 

disclosed, and stating the purpose of such disclosure. If, within the seven (7) 

business day period, an application is made to the Court, objecting to the proposed 

disclosure, disclosure is not permissible until the Court has ruled on such 

application. As used in this paragraph, the term “competitor” means any medical 

device manufacturer, distributor or seller other than Wright Medical Technology. 

For each Qualified Person to whom disclosure of Confidential Information is 

made, each respective counsel shall retain a copy of the signed agreement pursuant 

to the requirements of the preceding paragraph. 

3.03 Depositions. 

The confidentiality requirements of this Order extend to oral depositions and 

depositions on written questions. Any individual not authorized by this Protective 

Order to be a recipient of Confidential Information may be excluded from a 

deposition while such information is being elicited. 

3.04 Filing Confidential Information. 

The parties shall comply with Local Rule 79.2 and Judge Gallo’s Civil 

Chambers Rules when filing motions to seal and when filing Confidential 

Information under seal. Confidential Information shall not be filed with the Court 

except when required in connection with matters pending before the Court; 

however, Confidential Information and other papers filed under seal shall be 

available to the Court, to counsel of record, and to all other persons entitled to 

receive the Confidential Information contained therein under the terms of this Order. 

No document shall be filed under seal unless counsel secures a Court order 

allowing the filing of a document under seal. An application to file a document 

under seal shall be served on opposing counsel, and on the person or entity that has 

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custody and control of the document, if different from opposing counsel. If 

opposing counsel, or the person or entity who has custody and control of the 

document, wishes to oppose the application, he/she must contact the chambers of the 

judge who will rule on the application, to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition 

to the application will be filed. 

3.05 Use of Confidential Information during the course of litigation and 

at trial. 

Confidential Information may be included in whole or in part in pleadings, 

motions, briefs, or otherwise field with the court as necessary as long as the filing 

party complies with the requirements of Local Rule 79.2 outlined in paragraph 3.04, 

above. 

IV. PROCEDURES UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THIS LITIGATION 

4.01 Return of materials containing Confidential Information. 

Within thirty (30) days after entry of dismissal or of final judgment in this 

action, including appeals, and upon written request, all documents and information, 

together with all copies thereof that have been and remain designated as including 

Confidential Information, shall be collected and returned to Plaintiff and/or 

Defendant, as the case might be. Additionally, the parties’ counsel shall cooperate 

in confirming that said documents and information in the possession of the Qualified 

Persons have been returned to Plaintiff and/or Defendant, as the case might be. If 

requested by Plaintiff or Defendant, all Qualified Persons to whom any Confidential 

Information was disseminated shall sign a certification to verify that all documents 

and materials in their possession, containing Confidential Information, have been 

returned. 

4.02 Continuing jurisdiction of the Court. 

After termination of this litigation, the provisions of this Order shall continue 

to be binding unless otherwise ordered by the Court. This Court retains and shall 

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have jurisdiction over the parties and recipients of Confidential Information for 

enforcement of the provisions of this Order. 

V. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

5.01 Binding effect. 

This Order shall be binding upon the parties, their attorneys, and their 

successors, executors, personal representatives, administrators, heirs, legal 

representatives, assigns, employees, agents, independent contractors and other 

persons or organizations over which they have control. 

5.02 No waiver or admission. 

Neither the taking of any action in accordance with the provisions of this 

Protective Order, nor the failure to object thereto, shall be construed as a waiver of 

any claim or defense in this action. The entry of this Protective Order shall not be 

construed as a waiver of any right to object to furnishing information in response to 

a discovery request or to object to a requested inspection of documents or things. 

Nothing contained in this Protective Order, and no action taken in compliance with 

it, shall: (a) operate as an admission by any party or person that any particular 

document or information is or is not confidential; (b) operate as a waiver of any 

claim or defense in this action; or (c) prejudice in any way the right of any party or 

person to seek a Court determination of whether or not particular documents or 

information should be disclosed or, if disclosed, whether or not they should be 

deemed Confidential Information and subject to this Protective Order. 

5.03 Inadvertent Disclosure by Producing Party. 

The inadvertent and/or unintentional disclosure by the Producing Party of 

Confidential Information, either by way of document production or by deposition 

testimony, regardless of whether the information was so designated at the time of 

disclosure, shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a party’s claim of 

confidentiality, either as to the specific information disclosed or as to any other 

information relating thereto or concerning the same or unrelated subject matter. 

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Any such inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed material by a Producing Party 

not designated as such at the time of its release shall be designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL as soon as reasonably possible after the Producing Party becomes 

aware of the erroneous release and shall thereafter be treated as confidential 

hereunder. No liability shall attach for the Receiving Party’s disclosure of 

inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed Confidential Information from the time of 

receipt of that material until such time as the Producing Party properly designates it 

as confidential. 

5.04 Privileges and Objections. 

Nothing in this Order shall preclude any party from asserting the attorneyclient, work product, or any other applicable privilege as to any document or 

information. It is understood and agreed that nothing herein constitutes a waiver of 

the right of any party to raise or assert any objections, including but not limited to 

defenses or objections with respect to the use, relevance, or admissibility at trial of 

any evidence. This Order shall not be construed as a waiver by any party of any 

legally cognizable privilege or protection to withhold any document or information, 

or of any right that any party may have to assert such privilege or protection at any 

stage of the proceeding. 

5.05 Termination of Litigation 

This Order, insofar as it restricts the communication and use of Confidential 

Information, shall survive and continue to be binding after the conclusion of this 

action, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction over these parties and this matter for 

the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Order and granting such other and 

further relief as may be necessary. 

At the conclusion of this action, including any appeals, all documents, 

records, tangible materials, or other information designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

and (except as provided herein with respect to documents reflecting privileged 

communication or attorney work product) and all copies of any of the foregoing 

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shall be promptly returned by counsel for the Receiving Party to counsel for the 

Producing Party. In the alternative, to the extent that documents reflecting privileged 

communications or attorney work product contain information designated 

CONFIDENTIAL, the Receiving Party may, in lieu of returning such documents to 

the Producing Party, certify in writing to the Producing Party, within forty two (42) 

days of the termination of the litigation, that such documents have been destroyed. 

5.06 Relief from Order. 

Any person may request the Court to grant relief from any provisions of this 

Protective Order. 

5.07 Exclusions. 

Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by any 

party or any witness of documents or information obtained lawfully by any party or 

any witness independently of the discovery proceedings in this action, whether or 

not such documents or information are also obtained from Plaintiff or Defendant, as 

the case might be, in this action. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent a 

party or non-party from using or disclosing its own documents or information for 

any purpose, regardless of whether they are designated Confidential under this 

Protective Order. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent a party from 

disclosing information to any person who authored, or who otherwise lawfully 

received or possessed such information, including, without limitation, for purposes 

of obtaining additional discovery from that person. 

 5.08 The Court retains the final and complete authority to redesignate any 

confidential document as a public document. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 3, 2017 

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Hayes v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 

Case No: 16-cv-01072-CAB (WVG) 

EXHIBIT 1 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, _______________________________________, hereby declare that: 

1. My address is ________________________________________________. 

2. My present employer is _______________________________ and the address of my 

present employment is _____________________________________. 

3. My present occupation or job description is ________________________. 

4. I have received a copy of the Protective Order in this case. 

5. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the Protective Order. 

6. I agree to be bound by the terms of the Protective Order, and to use the information 

provided to me only for the purposes of this action. 

7. I will hold in confidence and not disclose to anyone not qualified under the Protective 

Order, any Confidential Information or any words, summaries, abstracts, or indices of 

Confidential Information disclosed to me. 

8. I will return all Confidential Information and summaries, abstracts and indices thereof 

which come into my possession, and documents or things which I have prepared relating thereto, 

to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained. 

9. I understand that my failure to abide by the terms of the Protective Order entered in the 

above-captioned action will subject me, without limitation, to civil and criminal penalties for 

contempt of Court. 

 10. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect 

to enforcement of this Protective Order. 

 ____________________________________ 

 By:_________________________________ 

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