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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

ROBERT and LINDA MASON, husband 

and wife, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign 

corporation, 

 Defendant. 

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No. CV-04-001795 PCT 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CLAIMS 

PROCEDURES AND TRAINING 

DOCUMENTS

 NOW this matter comes on the Joint Motion for Protective Order filed by the 

parties. The Court, having reviewed the Motion, concludes that Plaintiffs have requested 

copies of Defendant’s claims handling guidelines and practices and training materials (the 

“Protected Documents”); the Protected Documents contain information of a confidential 

and/or proprietary nature; and Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides 

for the issuance of protective orders limiting the disclosure of pertinent information in 

appropriate circumstances. 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED: 

 1. The Joint Motion for Protective Order should be and is hereby granted. 

 2. Production of the Protected Documents shall be governed by the terms and 

conditions prescribed herein. 

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 3. The Protected Documents and their contents shall be used solely for the 

purpose of this litigation; 

 4. "Qualified person" as used herein means an individual who is: 

 (a) Outside counsel employed by a party to this litigation, or an employee 

of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the Protected 

Documents be shown for purposes of this litigation; 

 (b) Party or a representative of a party; 

 (c) Any other person who is designated as a qualified person by order of 

this Court, after notice to all parties; or 

 (d) Designated or consulting experts. 

 5. The Protected Documents and their contents shall not be made available to 

persons other than qualified persons or the party who produced the confidential 

information. 

 6. All qualified persons to whom the Protected Documents or their contents are 

to be disclosed shall first be advised by counsel making the disclosure that, pursuant to this 

Order, such persons may not copy, divulge or disseminate the Protected Documents or 

their contents to any other person or persons. Plaintiff’s counsel of record shall secure 

from each such person a signed, written statement attached hereto as Exhibit "A." 

Plaintiff’s counsel of record shall not be required to sign the written statement attached 

hereto as Exhibit "A." Signature of Plaintiff’s counsel of record on the joint motion in 

support of this protective order shall serve as sufficient notice. 

 7. Any document filed with the Court that references the Protected Documents, 

whether a memorandum of points and authorities, a deposition transcript, or otherwise, 

shall have deleted, from the original filed document only, just those specific paragraphs or 

sentences containing the confidential information and those paragraphs or sentences shall 

be filed separately in a sealed envelope that is endorsed with the caption of the case, the 

caption of the document, and an appropriate designation regarding the confidential nature 

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of the contents. A blank space shall be inserted at the site of the deletion in the original 

document, which shall contain the notation that the confidential information has been 

deleted and filed separately under seal. The Judge’s copy of the filed documents shall not 

contain any deletions, but the paragraphs deleted from the original document shall be 

double underlined on the Judge’s copy and a notation placed on those pages that 

confidential information is contained therein. 

 8. Nothing shall prevent disclosure beyond the terms of this Order if defendant 

consents to such disclosure, or if the Court, after notice to all parties, orders such 

disclosure. 

 9. At the conclusion of this litigation, the originals or reproductions of the 

Protected Documents shall be returned to defendant and shall not be disclosed to anyone 

not designated as a "qualified person" under this Order. Insofar as the provisions of any 

protective orders entered in this action restrict the communication and use of the 

documents produced hereunder, such orders shall continue to be binding after the 

conclusion of this litigation except (a) that there shall be no restriction of documents that 

are used as exhibits in court (unless such exhibits were filed under seal) and (b) that 

Plaintiffs may seek the written permission of Defendant or further order of the Court with 

respect to dissolution or modification of this Order. 

 

 Dated this 10th day of July, 2006. 

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