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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN 

LAW CORPORATION

2350 WEST SHAW, SUITE 130

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711-3412

TELEPHONE (559) 431-6300

MICHAEL L. RENBERG, #136217

PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN

LAW CORPORATION

1540 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 123

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone (559) 431-6300

Telefax (559) 432-1018

E-mail: mrenberg@prcelaw.com

Attorney for Defendant

NIBCO, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO

CENTURY BUILDERS, LLC, a California 

limited liability company and CENTURY 

DEVELOPERS, LLC, a California limited 

liability company

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

FAR WEST PLUMBING, a business entity, 

form unknown, THE WARREN GROUP, 

INC., a Delaware corporation, 

CONSOLIDATED PLUMBING 

INDUSTRIES, a business entity, form 

unknown, NIBCO, INC., a foreign 

corporation licensed to do business in the 

State of California, and Does 1 through 25, 

inclusive

 Defendants

Case No.: 1:13-CV-01294-AWI-SAB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the undersigned, as 

counsel for the parties to the above-entitled action as follows:

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PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN 

LAW CORPORATION

2350 WEST SHAW, SUITE 130

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711-3412

TELEPHONE (559) 431-6300

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs CENTURY BUILDERS, LLC, a California limited liability 

company and CENTURY DEVELOPERS, LLC, a California limited liability company, 

collectively “Plaintiffs”, have requested Defendant NIBCO, INC ("NIBCO"), to produce 

documents that concern the asset purchase transaction between NIBCO and The Warren Group. 

WHEREAS, responsive documents of Defendant NIBCO include financial documents 

that are subject to privacy rights;

WHEREAS, the parties enter into the following stipulation for handling records of the 

Asset Purchase transaction that are being produced pursuant to this litigation.

1. Defendant NIBCO will produce to Plaintiffs a CD of the Assert Purchase 

Agreement. The CD will be labeled “Confidential Documents” and all documents on the CD 

will be subject to this confidentiality agreement and shall be used only for purposes of this case 

and only as provided herein.

2. Except as provided herein, the contents of Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential 

Documents shall not, without leave of the Court, be communicated in any way to anyone other 

than this Court (under seal if possible), the parties in this action and their counsel in this action 

provided such parties and/or their counsel have executed this Agreement. Each party in this 

action and its counsel shall be advised of and bound by the terms of this Agreement.

3. Communication of the contents of Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents 

to (a) persons who are assisting counsel in the preparation and trial of this action, (b) persons 

who may be called upon by counsel to testify in this action with respect to Defendant NIBCO’s

Confidential Documents or information contained therein, or (c) re-insurers and auditors, shall be 

permitted provided that, before obtaining access to such documents or information, each such 

person shall be shown a copy of this Agreement and agree in writing to be bound by the terms 

thereof.

4. Attendance at depositions taken in this action at which Defendant NIBCO’s

Confidential Documents or any information contained therein is identified, discussed or 

disclosed shall be limited to the deposition notary, the witness, counsel for the witness, counsel 

for the parties and any representatives of parties who have agreed in writing to be bound by the 

terms of this Agreement. If any Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents are to be used 

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PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN 

LAW CORPORATION

2350 WEST SHAW, SUITE 130

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711-3412

TELEPHONE (559) 431-6300

during the deposition in this action of non-NIBCO officers or employers, the deponent shall be 

requested to acknowledge on the record that he or she is aware of and agrees to be bound by the 

terms of this Agreement. This provision shall not apply to the use of documents with employees 

or former employees of a party who are authors of those documents, if such witnesses refuse to 

agree to be bound by this Agreement. Deposition transcripts, or those portions thereof, that 

contain testimony regarding Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents shall be marked and 

treated as confidential pursuant to this Agreement.

5. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict or otherwise limit the use of 

any Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents that were obtained from a source or in a 

manner not subject to this Agreement.

6. It shall not be deemed a violation of this Agreement for counsel to disseminate 

Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents to other counsel in this case as part of their filings 

with the Court, provided that all other counsel in this case have executed this Confidentiality 

Agreement. All filings containing Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents shall remain 

subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall retain any confidential status, 

notwithstanding their filing or dissemination to counsel. 

7. If any of the parties to this action are litigants in subsequent litigation, and wish to 

use any of the Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents to be produced herein in such 

subsequent litigation, they may do so on the following condition: first, a proper subpoena must 

be served upon Defendant NIBCO (and upon all other parties to such subsequent litigation) 

requesting the production of such documents in that subsequent litigation; and second, all parties 

to such subsequent litigation must agree in writing to abide by the terms of this Confidentiality 

Agreement (or its substantial equivalent in that case), or the court in the other litigation has 

entered a substantially equivalent protective Agreement binding all parties to that proceeding, or 

has specifically ruled that disclosure outside of a protective Agreement is proper. 

8. Except as provided herein, the parties hereto agree to take no action that would 

have the effect of limiting, waiving or jeopardizing Defendant NIBCO’s claim of confidentiality, 

in this matter or otherwise, without Defendant NIBCO’s express prior permission. To the extent 

not already addressed herein, this shall include, but not be limited to, responses to any request 

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PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN 

LAW CORPORATION

2350 WEST SHAW, SUITE 130

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711-3412

TELEPHONE (559) 431-6300

from others for access to or copies of Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents.

9. Upon the final conclusion of this action (including all appeals), and subject to 

further Agreement of this court or written agreement with Defendant NIBCO, all copies of 

Defendant NIBCO’s Confidential Documents (including exhibits and testimony regarding such 

documents) shall be returned to Defendant NIBCO or destroyed, or maintained under the terms 

of this Protective Agreement, at the election of Defendant NIBCO.

10. Any party to this suit may request, and Defendant NIBCO may agree, that the 

provisions of this Agreement be waived as to one or more of the Defendant NIBCO’s

Confidential Documents.

11. This Agreement is without prejudice to the right of Defendant NIBCO or to the 

right of any party, upon not less than ten (10) days notice to all parties and to Defendant 

NIBCO, to move this Court for a modification, supplementation or termination of its terms.

12. The inadvertent production of any privileged or otherwise protected materials 

shall not be deemed a waiver or impairment of any claim or privilege or protection including, but 

not limited to, the attorney/client privilege and the protection afforded to work product materials 

or the subject matter thereof. Upon receiving notice from Defendant NIBCO that such materials 

have been inadvertently produced or copied, all such materials (including all copies or 

summaries thereof) shall be returned to Defendant NIBCO within five (5) business days of 

receipt of such notice.

13. The Parties agree that facsimile and electronic signatures shall have the same 

force and effect as original signatures. This Confidentiality Agreement may be executed in 

separate counterparts, each such counterparts being deemed to be an original instrument, and all 

such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement which shall be binging on the 

Parties hereto.

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PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN 

LAW CORPORATION

2350 WEST SHAW, SUITE 130

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711-3412

TELEPHONE (559) 431-6300

Dated: November 15, 2013 WILD CARTER & TIPTON

 John W. Phillips

By

 JOHN W. PHILLIPS

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: November 17, 2013 PARICHAN, RENBERG & CROSSMAN

LAW CORPORATION

Michael L. Renberg

By

 MICHAEL L. RENBERG

 Attorneys for Defendant NIBCO, INC.

ORDER

Good cause appearing therefore, in that the parties hereto have so stipulated subject to 

any amendments made by this court. However, the parties must obtain prior leave of Court if 

they propose to submit any documents to the Court under seal as referenced in paragraph 2 of 

this stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2013 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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