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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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INSPECTION AND VIEWING RECORD AND AGREEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER – CASE NO. 2:06-CV-00276-DEL-KJM

STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583) 

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 136505) 

HAYES, DAVIS, ELLINGSON, McLAY & SCOTT 

203 Redwood Shores Pkwy., Ste. 480 

Redwood City, California 94065 

Telephone: 650.637.9100 

Facsimile: 650.637.8071 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT COSMERO, 

 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.:2:06-CV-00276-DFL-KJM 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER REGARDING: (1) 

PRODUCTION OF STATE FARM 

DOCUMENTS; AND (2) RESTRICTING 

DISSEMINATION OF DISCOVERY 

[Code of Civ. Proc. §§ 2031(f)(1-3), 

2031(I)]1

(Court annotations noted in 

strikeout/underline format)

I. 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING 

PRODUCTION OF STATE FARM DOCUMENTS

Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) and plaintiff 

Robert Cosmero (“Cosmero”) hereby stipulate to the following protective order with respect to and 

to accommodate State Farm’s production of certain documents in response to Cosmero’s requests 

for production of documents. 

 

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 As this matter is venued in federal court, federal law applies to the construction and enforcement 

of this order.

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II. 

PRODUCTION AND CUSTODY OF DOCUMENTS

State Farm will produce relevant and responsive documents regarding policies and 

procedures in force and effect while Cosmero’s UM claim was pending (“the Documents”) that is 

the subject of this lawsuit that have recently been requested and withheld based upon the trade 

secret, attorney-client privilege and attorney work-product doctrine, and other objections, without 

waiving those objections. Production of those Documents hereinafter specified shall take place by 

mail from and/or at: 

HAYES, DAVIS, ELLINGSON, McLAY & SCOTT 

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 480 

Redwood City, CA 94065 

and shall proceed in the following manner: 

a) This Order shall be served on all parties; 

b) All parties and counsel for all parties herein shall be subject to the Court Order for 

the purpose of limiting the dissemination of the Documents produced hereunder; 

c) Those persons viewing the requested Documents or copies of the same shall agree to 

the terms and conditions set forth in the viewing record and agreement attached hereto; and 

d) Copies of all Documents produced by State Farm shall be designed 

“CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO STIPULATION AND COURT ORDER” or a 

form of similar effect. 

e) In the event the parties agree to produce any documents pursuant to this stipulation 

in advance of the court’s execution of the order, the parties hereby agree to fully abide by their 

respective rights and obligations herein as a stipulation and confidentiality agreement and contract as 

though this stipulation was approved and ordered by the court. 

III. 

PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE CUSTODY

Only attorneys for parties of record, and law clerks, secretaries, translators, and qualified 

stenographers for said attorneys, and any experts actually hired for consultation and/or testimony in 

connection with this case, shall be allowed to view and retain custody of copies of the “Documents” 

or notes taken therefrom. 

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IV. 

PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING CUSTODY

Prior to granting custody of copies of the subject Documents or notes taken therefrom, each 

person who is to take such custody shall be brought within the personal jurisdiction of the Court, 

including its contempt power, by signing a copy of this order signifying agreement to its provisions 

and consent to jurisdiction of the Court over his or her person for any proceedings involving alleged 

improper disclosures. Each such signature shall be made under penalty of perjury. 

The failure to have each person sign a copy of this order prior to granting custody of copies 

of the subject documents or notes taken therefrom, will result in the prohibition of the parties using 

these documents for any purpose including this case; provided however that nothing herein shall be 

construed to supersede the Court’s authority in determining the admissibility of evidence in this case.

V. 

VIEWING RECORD AND AGREEMENT

No person shall be allowed or authorized to examine any portion of said Documents or notes 

arising therefrom, or to discuss the contents of either, until such persons has: 

(1) Read this Court Order; and 

(2) Completed and signed the “Viewing and Custody Record and Agreement” attached 

hereto as Exhibit “A”. 

VI. 

JURISDICTION

Each person signing the “Viewing and Custody Record and Agreement” thereby agrees to be 

subject to the jurisdiction of this Court for contempt and other appropriate proceedings in the event 

of an alleged violation of this Protective Order. 

VII. 

NON-DISCLOSURE

No person authorized hereunder to view copies of the Documents or to make notes 

therefrom, may disclose any portion of the subject matter or contents of either any person not 

authorized hereunder. 

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VIII. 

NON-DISSEMINATION

The Documents, copies of any portion of the same, contents of the Documents itself and all 

notes arising from examination of said Documents, as well as discussions of the contents thereof, 

shall be used only in connection with the present case of Cosmero (Robert) v. State Farm, United 

States District Court, Case Number 2:06-CV-00276-DFLDEL-KJM, and shall be used for no other 

purposes whatsoever including, but not limited to, other lawsuits, actions, claims or demands. 

IX. 

ALL DOCUMENTS REVEALED TO THE COURT SHALL BE SEALED SUBJECT 

TO A REQUEST TO SEAL

All motions or other Documents filed with the Court, if any, which reveal any portion of the 

contents of the Documents, or notes arising therefrom, shall be filed in a sealed envelope directly 

with the United States District Court – Eastern District and shall be considered sealed Documents 

until further order of the Court. made the subject of a request to seal, filed in accordance with the 

applicable local rules, including Local Rule 39-141. At any hearing or proceeding in which any 

Document covered by this order is referred to, revealed or discussed, either party can request that 

the hearing or proceeding be conducted in chambers, and any record of such proceedings sealed. 

Any records made of such proceedings shall also be sealed until further order of the Court, if any. 

Sealing of any documents or proceedings shall be effected only if the Court so orders.

X. 

NON-WAIVER

The production of the subject Documents for inspection, viewing and custody shall not 

constitute a waiver of State Farm’s right to claim in this lawsuit or otherwise, that said Documents 

or any documents described therein are privileged or otherwise non-discoverable or admissible. 

XI. 

SURRENDER OF DOCUMENTS

At the conclusion of the subject litigation, all documents provided, and any copies thereof, 

under this protective order shall be returned to State Farm’s counsel. The Documents are to be 

returned as soon as possible and no later than seven (7) days from the date of the dismissal of the 

action. 

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XII. 

DESIGNATION OF PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS

The parties shall be entitled to bring a motion to contest State Farm’s designation that a 

particular Document or that Documents are protected by this order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: , 2007 SHEPARD & HAVEN, LLP 

 

By 

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STANLEY R. PARRISH 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

ROBERT COSMERO 

Dated: , 2007 HAYES, DAVIS, ELLINGSON, McLAY & SCOTT 

By 

STEPHEN M. HAYES 

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

ORDER

The above STIPULATION is hereby approved. 

DATED: January 18, 2007. 

 

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 The court acknowledges receipt of a copy of the proposed protective order signed by counsel.

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INSPECTION AND VIEWING RECORD AND AGREEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER – CASE NO. 2:06-CV-00276-DEL-KJM

STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583) 

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 136505) 

HAYES, DAVIS, ELLINGSON, McLAY & SCOTT 

203 Redwood Shores Pkwy., Ste. 480 

Redwood City, California 94065 

Telephone: 650.637.9100 

Facsimile: 650.637.8071 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT COSMERO, 

 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.:2:06-CV-00276-DFLDEL-KJM 

INSPECTION AND VIEWING RECORD 

AND AGREEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER REGARDING: (1) 

PRODUCTION OF STATE FARM 

DOCUMENTS; AND (2) RESTRICTING 

DISSEMINATION OF DISCOVERY 

[Code of Civ. Proc. §§ 2031(f)(1-3), 2031(I)]

INSPECTION AND VIEWING RECORD AND

AGREEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

I am an attorney of record in the above-captioned action. I agree, prior to the 

inspection and viewing of the claim files, to be brought within the personal jurisdiction of the Court, 

including its contempt power, by signing a copy of this Agreement signifying agreement to its 

provisions and consent to jurisdiction of the Court over my person for any proceedings involving 

alleged improper disclosures. 

I have read the Stipulation and Protective Order Regarding: (1) Production Of State 

Farm Documents; And (2) Restricting Dissemination Of Discovery. 

I agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of this Court for contempt and other 

appropriate proceedings in the event of an alleged violation of the Stipulation and Protective Order. 

/ / / 

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The claim files and copies, if any, of any portion of the claim files, and all notes 

arising from the inspection and viewing of the claim files, as well as discussions of the contents 

thereof, shall be used only in connection with the present case of Cosmero v. State Farm Mutual 

Automobile Insurance Company United States District Court – Eastern District, Case Number 2:06-

CV-00276-DFLDEL-KJM, and shall be used for no other purposes whatsoever including, but not 

limited to, other lawsuits, actions, claims or demands. 

This ____ day of ________ 2007, I agree to the terms and conditions of the 

Stipulation and Protective Order and hereby enter into this Inspection and Viewing Record and 

Agreement under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California United States. 

 

 

 Printed Name 

 

 Signature 

 

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