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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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JOHN P. COLEMAN, SBN 60844

BOLLING & GAWTHROP

A Professional Corporation

8880 Cal Center Drive, Suite 190

Sacramento, California 95826

Telephone: (916) 369-0777

Facsimile: (916) 369-2698

Email: JPC@bwg-inc.com

THOMAS L. VITU, PHV

MOFFETT VITU

LASCOE PACKUS & SIMS, PC

255 East Brown Street, Suite 340

Birmingham, MI 48009

Email: tvitu@moffettvitu.com

Telephone: (248) 646-5100

Facsimile: (248) 646-5332

Attorneys for Defendant

SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC. and 

JARDEN CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CATHERINE TOMMASINI, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v. No. 2:15-cv-02473-TLN-CKD

SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

THE PARTIES TO THIS LAWSUIT, CATHERINE TOMMASINI and BRIAN 

TOMMASINI, Plaintiffs, by and through her attorneys of record, John Airola and Mark Harris and 

SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC. and JARDEN CORPORATION, Defendants, by and through 

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AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

their attorneys of record, BOLLING & GAWTHROP do hereby stipulate to the entering of the 

following Protective Order.

IT IS HERBY ORDERED that any and all documents produced or to be produced by any 

party to this action pursuant to any Request for Production of Documents or Request for 

Admission, served by any other party, or testimony by way of deposition, Interrogatory, or at trial 

for which the producing or testifying party asserts a claim of proprietary, confidential, trade secret 

or otherwise sensitive commercial information shall be subject to this Protective Order. The 

documents and testimony are referred to as “Protected Documents” and “Protected Testimony” as 

hereinafter defined and are to be maintained in a confidential manner under the procedures as 

hereinafter set forth:

1. The term “Protected Document” as used herein shall mean any document produced 

during discovery or at the trial of this action which is of a trade secret, proprietary, confidential, or 

of a commercially sensitive nature and is designated at the time of production by the producing 

party to be a “Protected Document”. A “Protected Document” shall continue to be a “Protected 

Document” until such time as the producing party agrees in writing that the document is no longer 

considered to be a “Protected Document”. This paragraph includes references to “protected 

documents” in the remainder of this Order.

2. The term “Protected Testimony” as used herein shall mean any testimony given by 

way of deposition, interrogatory or at trial of this action which is of a proprietary, confidential, 

trade secret, or of a commercially sensitive nature and is designated at the time the testimony is 

given and designed by the testifying party to be “Protected Testimony”. “Protected Testimony” 

shall continue to be “Protected Testimony” until such time as the testifying party agrees in writing 

that the testimony is no longer considered to be “Protected Testimony”. This paragraph includes 

references to “protected testimony” in the remainder of this Order.

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3. The documents designated and produced as “Protected Documents” and testimony 

designated as “Protected Testimony” shall be given confidential treatment as described below.

4. Without further order of this Court, requesting or receiving parties may show 

“Protected Documents” and “Protected Testimony”, and may disclose the contents thereof, only to 

the following persons (hereinafter referred to as “Qualified Persons”):

a. Counsel of record in this action for requesting or receiving party;

b. Regular employees of such counsel assigned to and necessary to 

assist such counsel in the preparation of trial of this action;

c. Bona fide independent (i.e., not employed by or affiliated with a 

party or an affiliated company of a party) trial experts whom 

counsel, in good faith, reasonably anticipates will testify at trial as 

experts and only to the extent necessary for preparation or 

testifying by that expert, subject to all of the terms and conditions 

of this order, provided that the names and employment affiliations 

of the experts are provided to all opposing counsel at least ten days 

in advance of such disclosure, so that opposing counsel may have 

an opportunity to file an objection with the Court prior to such 

disclosure, in which case such disclosure shall not occur pending 

resolution by the Court;

d. Bona fide consultants whom counsel, in good faith, reasonably 

anticipate will not testify at trial as experts but are retained by 

counsel to aid in preparation for discovery and/or trial;

e. Provided that no disclosure shall be made to any person currently 

employed by any competitor of the party producing the “Protected 

Document” or giving “Protected Testimony” except upon further 

order of this Court; provided further that, if such person to whom 

any “Protected Testimony” or “Protected Documents” have been 

produced becomes an employee of a competitor, such person shall 

immediately notify counsel for Plaintiff (who shall in turn 

immediately notify counsel for Defendant) and all such “Protected 

Documents” and “Protected Testimony” produced to such person 

shall be immediately returned to counsel for Plaintiff; and

f. The Court.

5. Every “Protected Document” copied for production (including excerpts, digests, 

summaries or indices thereof) shall be clearly substantially marked as follows:

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CONFIDENTIAL

Produced pursuant to Protective Order

Catherine Tommasini, et. al. vs Sunbeam Products, Inc., et. al. 

Court: USDC, CAED

Case No. 2:15-cv-02473-TLN-CKD

DO NOT COPY

and shall remain at all times under the custody of counsel for the party or parties obtaining such 

documents, or their retained experts only. 

6. “Protected Testimony” shall be noted in the record at the beginning and the 

conclusion of “Protected Testimony” and shall remain at all times under the custody of counsel for 

the party or parties obtaining such testimony, or their retained experts only.

7. If plaintiffs, or other requesting or receiving party, contends that any document or 

testimony has been erroneously designated “Proprietary”, “Trade Secret”, “Confidential”, 

“Privileged” or “Of Otherwise Sensitive Commercial Information” and subject to this Order, the 

objecting party shall nevertheless treat the document as a “Protected Document” and the testimony 

as “Protected Testimony” unless and until the objecting party either (a) obtains the producing 

party’s written permission to do otherwise or (b) obtains an order of the Court finding that the 

document or testimony is not “Proprietary”, “Trade Secret”, “Confidential”, “Privileged” or “Of 

Otherwise Sensitive Commercial Information”.

8. “Protected Documents”, the material contained therein and “Protected Testimony” 

shall not be used or shown, disseminated, copied or in any way communicated to anyone for any 

purpose whatsoever other than “Qualified Persons”, as defined above. Except as provided in 

paragraph 4 above, requesting or receiving parties shall keep all “Protected Documents”, the 

material contained therein and “Protected Testimony” confidential from all persons.

9. Before being given access to any “Protected Document” or “Protected Testimony”, 

each “Qualified Person” to whom a requesting or receiving party or his representatives intend to 

deliver, exhibit or disclose any “Protected Document”, material contained thereon or “Protected 

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Testimony”, such “Qualified Person” shall be advised of the terms of this Order, shall be given a 

copy of this Order, and shall agree, in writing, to be bound by its terms by execution of the form 

attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. Counsel for the requesting or receiving party shall maintain a list 

of all “Qualified Persons” to whom any “Protected Document”, material contained therein or 

“Protected Testimony” is provided, specifying the “Protected Document”, material or “Protected 

Testimony” provided to the “Qualified Person” and that list shall be available for inspection by the 

Court and by the producing party at any time.

10. Counsel for a requesting or receiving party shall keep records of all copies of each 

“Protected Document” or “Protected Testimony” made and/or distributed, in whole or in part, or 

any excerpts thereof to “Qualified Persons”. Any copies so distributed shall be returned to the 

respective counsel of the requesting or receiving party immediately upon the completion of the 

“Qualified Person’s” retention in this case.

11. To the extent that any “Protected Document”, or information obtained therefrom, is 

used in the taking of depositions, all such “Protected Documents” and information shall remain 

subject to the provisions of this Order, along with the transcript pages of the deposition testimony 

dealing with the “Protected Documents”, “Protected Testimony” or information. If a “Protected 

Document” is used in any deposition, the reporter shall be informed of this Order and shall be 

required to operate in a manner consistent with this Order. The reporter shall separately label the 

“Confidential” portions of the deposition transcript. Any “Protected Documents” marked as 

exhibits shall be kept in a separate sealed envelope, with the envelope marked to reflect that the 

contents are subject to the Protective Order. In the event the deposition is videotaped, the original 

and all copies of the videotape shall be marked by the video technician to indicate that the contents 

of the videotape are subject to this Protective Order in substantially the same form as follows 

below:

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This videotape contains confidential testimony used in this case and is 

not to be viewed or the contents thereof displayed, or revealed except 

by order of the Court, or pursuant to written stipulation of the parties.

 12. Documents that are the subject of this protective order may be filed under seal only

if a sealing order is first obtained in compliance with Local Rule 141.

13. No requesting or receiving party, or “Qualified Person”, who receives copies of any 

“Protected Documents” or “Protected Testimony” or any part, portion or excerpt thereof produced 

in accordance with this Protective Order, is authorized to disseminate or distribute in any manner, 

all or any part of “Protected Documents” or “Protected Testimony” to any other person, firm, 

corporation or organization, without the prior written consent of the producing or testifying party 

or upon further order of this Court.

14. That all documents, information, or other data produced by a party, which are the 

subject of this Protective Order, shall be used for no purpose other than to prepare for trial 

regarding the issues of this litigation.

15. Within twenty (20) days from and subsequent to the conclusion of this litigation, 

including any appeals, either (a) by compromise settlement, (b) by stipulated dismissal, (c) by 

entry of judgment, or (d) by conclusion of any appeals, whichever shall occur first, copies of all 

“Protected Documents”, “Protected Testimony” or other materials subject to this Protective Order 

shall be retrieved by the party who sought their production and shall be returned to counsel for the 

producing or testifying party, including all copies of all “Protected Documents”, “Protected 

Testimony” excerpts, digests, summaries, indices or testimony relating thereto, in whatever form, 

including copies provided to experts, or any person, firm, corporation or organization obtaining 

the document as a “Qualified Person”.

16. No requesting or receiving party, their counsel or experts, shall under any 

circumstances sell, offer for sale, advertise, or otherwise publicize either the contents of “Protected 

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Documents” or “Protected Testimony”, or the fact that the requesting or receiving party has 

obtained confidential and/or privileged documents from the producing or testifying party.

17. Neither the identity nor the contents of the documents produced herein may be used 

in connection with any other lawsuit or for any purpose whatsoever other than the preparation and 

trial of this action unless obtained from some other source or contained in public record.

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

the parties and their attorneys, successors, executors, personal representatives, administrators, 

heirs, legal representatives, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, retained experts, 

and the persons or organizations over which they have control.

19. The production, publication, dissemination or other use of the documents identified 

and designated as confidential and provided hereunder to Plaintiffs’ counsel of record or by any 

other person to whom the documents are disseminated or disclosed by Plaintiffs’ counsel of record 

for use in any manner, unrelated to the needs of this particular case is expressly prohibited and it is 

expressly understood and agreed that any such person who violates the terms and conditions of 

this Protective Order consents to the jurisdiction of this Court and may be subject to sanctions 

under Illinois law in the event of unauthorized use. This paragraph is not applicable to any 

document produced herein which is a matter of public record, which was received from another 

source, or which has been admitted into evidence at trial.

20. After termination of this litigation, including any appeals, the provisions of this 

Order shall continue to be binding, except with respect to those documents and information that 

become a matter of public record. This Court retains and shall have jurisdiction over the parties 

and recipients of the “Protected Documents” or “Protected Testimony” for enforcement of the 

provisions of this Protective Order following termination of the litigation.

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21. Neither the production of the documents, nor the inspection thereof, nor any 

testimony, in deposition or otherwise, pertaining to such documents shall constitute a waiver of 

the right of any party to claim in this action or otherwise that said documents, or any portion 

thereof, are privileged or otherwise non-discoverable or are not admissible in evidence in this 

action or in any other proceeding.

SO ORDERED:

Dated: August 15, 2016

Approved as to form and content:

_/s/ John Airola_________ /s/ Mark Harris____

John Airola Mark Harris

Counsel for Plaintiffs Counsel for Plaintiffs

_/s/ John Coleman_____

John P. Coleman

Bolling & Gawthrop

Counsel for Defendants

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

STATE OF 

COUNTY OF 

______________________, being first duly sworn, states:

1. I have read and been provided with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order 

("Protective Order"), consisting of eight (8) pages, and I understand the requirements of the 

Protective Order and agree to be bound by its terms.

2. I understand that the documents which are disclosed or provided to me pursuant to 

the Protective Order are confidential, and I further understand and agree that I may not use such 

documents for any purpose other than the preparation of trial of the above-captioned litigation, and 

that I may not divulge any copies or the identity or substance of any of the documents disclosed to 

me except in the preparation and trial of this case.

3. I further understand and agree that I must return all documents disclosed pursuant 

to this Protective Order and all copies thereof to counsel for SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC. upon 

the termination of this litigation.

4. I further acknowledge and agree that by signing this Affidavit, I submit myself 

personally to the jurisdiction of the above-captioned Court for the purposes of enforcement of the 

Protective Order, in connection with the allegations of improper disclosure or use, if any, of the 

disclosed materials.

______________________________

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this _____ day of _____________, 

20__.

______________________________

Notary Public

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