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

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

RALPH A. CAMPILLO (Bar No. 70376) 

ralph.campillo@sdma.com 

KEVIN R. COSTELLO (Bar No. 199989) 

kevin.costello@sdma.com 

CHRISTOPHER P. NORTON (Bar No. 234621) 

christopher.norton@sdma.com 

801 South Figueroa Street, 19th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5556 

Telephone: (213) 426-6900 

Facsimile: (213) 426-6921 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Stryker Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

 For good cause shown, the court GRANTS the parties’ joint motion for a protective 

order, with the addition of paragraph no. 20. 

1. Irrespective of the form in which discovery materials are produced, including 

printed or electronically recorded documents, in connection with the discovery process in the 

above-entitled case, including but not limited to, deposition testimony, answers to 

interrogatories, documents produced in response to requests for production, responses to requests 

for admissions, medical records and any documents recorded on computer disks, the parties may 

designate any such materials as “confidential” or “confidential discovery material”, under the 

terms of this stipulated order. 

2. The parties to this order may designate as “Confidential” or “Trade Secret,” 

pursuant to the terms of this order, documents or other discovery material to the extent they 

WHITNEY BOUCHARD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STRYKER CORPORATION and 

DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 3:09-cv-01989-DMS-NLS 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE 

CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY 

MATERIALS 

[Doc. No. 16] 

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consist of or include trade secret or confidential research, development, or commercial 

information and may include financial information, information relating to ownership or control 

of any non-public company, and any information protected from disclosure by any privacy law, 

as well as any other type of information given confidential status by the court. 

3. Any person subject to this order who receives any confidential discovery material 

in the course of discovery in this action shall not disclose such confidential discovery material to 

anyone else except as expressly permitted by this order. 

4. With respect to the confidential or trade secret portion of any documents or 

material, other than deposition transcripts and exhibits, the producing party may designate the 

portion as confidential discovery material by stamping or otherwise clearly marking the 

protected page, passage, or item as “Confidential” or “Trade Secret” in such a manner that will 

not interfere with legibility or audibility. 

5. With respect to deposition transcripts and exhibits, a party may indicate on the 

record that a question calls for confidential discovery material, in which case the text in the 

transcript where these questions or answers occur shall be specially marked as a separate page 

stamped “Confidential Information Governed By Protective Order” by the court reporter. 

For convenience, the parties may agree that entire deposition transcripts shall be treated as 

confidential discovery material. 

6. If at any time prior to the trial of this action a party realizes that previously 

undesignated documents or other material should be designated as confidential discovery 

material, the party may so designate by advising all other parties in writing. The designated 

documents or material will thereafter be treated as confidential discovery material pursuant to 

this order. However, no party shall be penalized in any way for disclosing such materials prior to 

receiving notice of this belated realization. 

7. No person subject to this order other than the designating party shall disclose any 

confidential discovery material to any other person, except as follows: 

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(a.) Counsel for the parties in this action, including any paralegal, clerical, consulting, 

professional and other staff employed or retained by counsel for work on this 

action; 

(b.) With respect to a specific document, the document's author, addressees, and any 

other person shown on the face of the document as having received a copy; 

(c.) Any person retained by a party to serve as an expert consultant or witness or 

otherwise provide specialized advice to counsel in connection with this action, 

provided such person has first executed a non-disclosure agreement in the form 

attached; 

(d.) Official court reporters; 

(e.) The court, mediators, and support personnel; and 

(f.) Insurers and indemnitors to the extent reasonably necessary to defend and 

evaluate plaintiff’s claim. 

8. Prior to any disclosure of confidential discovery material to any person referred to 

in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 7 above, the person shall be provided by counsel with 

a copy of this protective order and shall sign a non-disclosure agreement in the form attached as 

Exhibit 1 hereto. The non-disclosure agreement will state that the person has read this order and 

agrees to be bound by its terms. All non-disclosure agreements will be maintained through out 

this action by the attorneys obtaining them. At the conclusion of this action, upon a showing of 

good cause and necessity, any party may seek an order requiring production of non-disclosure 

agreements, but nothing in this order is intended to modify or shift any burden of proof or 

privilege relating to the motion. 

9. To the extent allowed by applicable law, the parties will file a motion to have all 

confidential discovery material filed under seal, including any portion of a court paper that 

discloses confidential discovery material. When filing the motion, the parties will cite to the 

court the legal grounds for filing the confidential discovery material under seal. The parties 

agree that any motion will be narrow in scope to ensure that the only information withheld from 

public inspection is information expressly authorized by law. 

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10. If any attorney files with or submits to the court any confidential (a) documents, 

responses, transcripts or things as defined by this order, or information derived there from, or (b) 

any affidavits, memoranda, exhibits or other papers containing or making reference to any such 

confidential documents, responses, transcripts or things, or any information contained therein, 

then such attorney shall first consider whether redacting portions of such materials that contain 

or refer to confidential information is practical and will protect the confidential information 

while leaving other non-confidential information meaningful. If so, redacted versions of such 

material shall be filed with the court according to the standard filing procedures. 

11. Any party objecting to any designation of confidentiality or trade secret, or 

requesting further limits on disclosure (such as “attorney eyes only” in extraordinary 

circumstances), may at any time prior to the trial of this action serve upon counsel for interested 

parties a written notice stating with particularity the reasons for the objection or request. If 

agreement cannot promptly be reached, the dispute will be submitted to the court. Until a 

dispute is resolved, the material designated as “Confidential” or “Trade Secret” shall remain as 

confidential discovery material pursuant to this order. The party requesting confidentiality shall 

have the burden of establishing entitlement to protection and confidentiality. 

12. The court retains discretion to deny confidential treatment to any documents or 

discovery material submitted in connection with any motion, application, proceeding or paper 

that may result in an order or decision by the court. 

13. Each person who has access to confidential discovery materials shall take all due 

precautions to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of the material. 

14. This order shall survive the termination of this action. Within 30 days of the final 

disposition of this action, all confidential discovery material, and all copies, shall promptly be 

returned to the producing party or, with the permission of the producing party, destroyed; 

however, if objections to confidentiality are then asserted, return of the confidential discovery 

material shall depend upon final resolution of the objections. Attorney-client privileged and 

work product materials need not be disclosed to other parties after termination of this action. 

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15. The court shall retain jurisdiction over all persons and parties subject to this order 

to the extent necessary to modify this order, enforce its obligations, or to impose sanctions for 

any violation. 

16. Nothing in this order shall prevent any party from seeking further or additional 

protection, or removing protection, for confidential discovery material. 

17. Additional parties may be added to this action as allowed under the Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure. Before receiving confidential discovery material, a new party must agree to 

be bound by the terms of this order as if the party had stipulated to it at the time of entry. No 

newly added party shall have access to confidential discovery material until the party is subject 

to the terms of this order. 

18. Information of any kind obtained by parties subject to this order from any source 

outside of discovery in this action shall not be subject to the terms of this order, notwithstanding 

that the same information has been produced in this action and designated as confidential 

discovery material.

19. This order shall not apply to, or restrict confidential discovery material used at the 

time of trial as evidence. Protection of confidential discovery material at trial may be addressed 

by the court as a separate matter upon the motion of any party. The provisions of this order shall 

not prejudice the rights of the parties with respect to the use or protection of confidential 

discovery material at trial.

20. The Court may modify the protective order in the interests of justice or for public 

policy reasons.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 13, 2010 ________ 

 Hon. Nita L. Stormes 

U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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