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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 It is hereby stipulated and agreed, by and between the respective parties hereto 

and their counsel, that Defendant DaimlerChrysler Corporation will produce for 

discovery and inspection, the documents that DaimlerChrysler Corporation agreed to 

produce in its written responses pursuant to the following stipulations. Because the 

materials referred to above may be privileged, confidential, proprietary, or contain trade 

secrets, the discovery and inspection will be conducted pursuant to the following terms, 

restrictions and conditions. 

 1. In responding to written discovery, DaimlerChrysler Corporation may 

designate as “protected” or “subject to protection agreement” or with a similar 

designation any portion of its responses or documents produced that contain trade secrets 

JAGDISH SINGH, et al., 

 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

DAIMLERCHRYSLER 

CORPORATION et al, 

Defendants. 

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or other confidential research, development or commercial information or which is 

otherwise considered protected under applicable law. Testimony and other information 

based upon documents so designated shall be considered protected and subject to this 

Protective Order 

 2. Information contained therein shall be disclosed only to counsel of record 

in this action or only to individuals certified by such counsel as employed by or assisting 

counsel in preparation for, or at the trial of, this action. 

 3. Any such documents or information shall be used only for the purpose of 

prosecuting this action. 

 4. Any person or firm to whom such documents or information contained 

therein is to be disclosed shall first be advised by counsel making disclosure that, 

pursuant to this Protective Order, such person or firm may not divulge any such 

information to any other person. 

 In the event that any document or the information contained therein is included 

with, or the contents thereof are in any way disclosed, in any pleading, motion, deposition 

transcript or other paper filed with Clerk of any Court, the party filing or lodging such 

confidential documents or information shall apply to the Court for an Order permitting 

the pleading or confidential portion thereof to be filed under seal. Once leave of Court is 

obtained the filing party shall place only the confidential documents and pages of 

pleadings, motions, or transcripts containing confidential information in a sealed 

envelope marked with the legend “Confidential — Not To Be Opened Except By Court 

Order Or Agreement Of All Counsel” and file them with the Clerk of the Court. 

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 5. The production of such documents or information by DaimlerChrysler 

Corporation shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or other claim or right of 

withholding or confidentiality that it may have. 

 6. Should Plaintiffs dispute the need for any particular document(s) or 

information to be entitled to protection pursuant to the Order, then within thirty (30) days 

following receipt of said document(s) Plaintiffs shall notify DaimlerChrysler 

Corporation, through its attorney, of such dispute, following which DaimlerChrysler 

Corporation shall have thirty (30) days to file a motion before the Court requesting a 

protective order. Information or documents that are disputed pursuant to this paragraph 

will remain protected pending the Court’s review and decision regarding this matter. 

 7. Upon the termination of this action, all copies furnished by 

DaimlerChrysler Corporation to Plaintiffs or any other party to this action, together with 

all originals and copies of notes, sketches, data, compilations, extracts and reproductions 

furnished by DaimlerChrys1er Corporation, shall be returned to counsel for 

DaimlerChrysler Corporation, together with a letter from any counsel receiving 

documents pursuant to this Order stating that all documents and copies of such 

documents that were provided by DaimlerChrysler Corporation have been returned to 

DaimlerChrysler Corporation. 

 ___/s/ Dennis L. Beck________ 

 U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

DATED: This 15th day of May, 2006. 

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I APPROVE AS TO FORM AND SUBSTANCE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

By:_______/s/ John E. Sweeney _________________ 

 John E. Sweeney 

 John E. Sweeney & Associates 

 2835 Townsgate Road, Suite 102 

 Westlake Village, CA 91361 

 (805)497-4909 

Attorneys for Defendant, DaimlerChrysler Corporation 

By: _____/s/ Micki S. Singer____________________ 

 Micki S. Singer 

 John G. Gherini 

 Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold 

 16th Floor 

 One Embarcadero Center 

 San Francisco, CA 94111-3765 

 (415) 781-7900 

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