IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02652-LTB-BNB

OKLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a Utah corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut insurance company; 

THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut insurance

company; 

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut insurance company;

ST. PAUL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut insurance company;

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut insurance

company; 

EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey insurance company;

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, a New

Jersey insurance company,

Defendants.

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

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The Parties, by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree to the entry of a

protective order to protect the discovery and dissemination of confidential information or

information which will improperly annoy, embarrass, or oppress any party, witness, or person

providing discovery in this case,

IT IS ORDERED:

1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and information,

including without limitation, documents produced, answers to interrogatories, responses to

requests for admission, deposition testimony, and other information disclosed pursuant to the

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disclosure or discovery duties created by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

2. As used in this Protective Order, “document” is defined as provided in

Fed.R.Civ.P. 34(a). A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of

this term.

3. Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be information that a

producing party in good faith regards as confidential and implicates the proprietary, confidential,

competitively sensitive and/or trade secret information within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P.

26(c)(1(G). CONFIDENTIAL information shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose except

the preparation and trial of this case.

4. CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively

“CONFIDENTIAL information”) shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or

further Order of the Court, be disclosed except that such information may be disclosed to:

(a) attorneys actively working on this case;

(b) persons regularly employed or associated with the attorneys actively working on

the case whose assistance is required by said attorneys in the preparation for trial,

at trial, or at other proceedings in this case;

(c) the parties, including the plaintiff's and defendants’ designated representatives

and the insurers’ reinsurers and insurance regulators;

(d) expert witnesses and consultants retained in connection with this proceeding, to

the extent such disclosure is necessary for preparation, trial or other proceedings

in this case;

(e) the Court and its employees (“Court Personnel”);

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(f) stenographic reporters who are engaged in proceedings necessarily incident to the

conduct of this action;

(g) deponents, witnesses, or potential witnesses; and

(h) other persons by written agreement of the parties.

Any request to restrict access must comply with the requirements of

D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2.

Any party intending to file any CONFIDENTIAL information with the Court must

comply with D.C.Colo.LCivR 7.2 and remaining terms of this order.

5. Prior to disclosing any CONFIDENTIAL information to any person listed above

(other than counsel, persons employed by counsel, Court Personnel and stenographic reporters),

counsel shall provide such person with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain from such

person a written acknowledgment in the form appended to here as Exhibit A stating that he or

she has read this Protective Order and agrees to be bound by its provisions. All such

acknowledgments shall be retained by counsel and shall be subject to in camera review by the

Court if good cause for review is demonstrated by opposing counsel.

6. Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on them

(in a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the following or other appropriate notice:

“CONFIDENTIAL.”

7. Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL information,

the deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject

to the provisions of this Protective Order. Such designation shall be made on the record during

the deposition whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as

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CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided written notice of the designation is promptly

given to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice by the court reporter of the

completion of the transcript.

8. A party may object to the designation of particular CONFIDENTIAL information

by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The written notice

shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the parties cannot resolve the

objection within ten (10) business days after the time the notice is received, it shall be the

obligation of the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate

motion requesting that the Court determine whether the disputed information should be subject

to the terms of this Protective Order. If such a motion is timely filed, the disputed information

shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Protective Order until the Court

rules on the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within the prescribed

time, the disputed information shall lose its designation as CONFIDENTIAL and shall not

thereafter be treated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with this Protective Order. In

connection with a motion filed under this provision, the party designating the information as

CONFIDENTIAL shall bear the burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed

information to be treated as CONFIDENTIAL.

9. At the conclusion of this case, unless other arrangements are agreed upon, each

document and all copies thereof which have been designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be

returned to the party that designated it CONFIDENTIAL, or the parties may elect to destroy

CONFIDENTIAL documents. Where the parties agree to destroy CONFIDENTIAL documents,

the destroying party shall provide all parties with an affidavit confirming the destruction.

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10. Communications between Okland and its defense counsel, McConaughy &

Sarkissian, P.C., in the underlying state court action are protected against disclosure to thirdparties by the attorney-client and work product doctrine but will be produced in this litigation

subject to this Protective Order. While the parties shall endeavor to identify such

communications as confidential, all such communications are deemed CONFIDENTIAL and are

subject to the terms of this Order. Production or other disclosure of any communications

between Okland and McConaughy & Sarkissian, P.C., to the parties in this litigation is not a

waiver of any attorney-client privilege or work product protection. All such protections are

expressly preserved by the parties.

Additionally, as to Travelers, there is an additional counterpart action entitled The

Phoenix Insurance Company v. Trinity Universal Insurance, et. al , Cause No. 1:12-cv-01553-

REB-KLM that may involve requests for and production of materials contained in defense

counsel McConaughy & Sarkissian, P.C.’s file. Travelers and Okland will address production of

documents in that action under separate agreement which the parties understand will likewise

provide for production, use and discovery of documents in that litigation while preserving the

attorney client privilege and work product doctrines as they apply to these materials. Nothing

contained in this order shall apply, prohibit or otherwise affect production, use and discovery of

documents in that action. 

11. This Protective Order may be modified by the Court at any time for good cause

shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard.

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Dated December 11, 2012.

BY THE COURT:

 s/ Boyd N. Boland 

United States Magistrate Judge

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Appendix A

Okland Construction Company Inc., v. The Phoenix Insurance Co., et al. 

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02652-LTB-BNB

AGREEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY

1. My full name is: __________________________________________________________

2. My address is: ___________________________________________________________

3. My present employer is:

____________________________________________________

4. My present occupation or job description is: ____________________________________

5. I have received a copy of the Protective Order entered in this case. I have carefully read and

understand the provisions of the Protective Order. I will comply with all of the provisions of the

Protective Order. 

6. I will not disclose any documents covered by the Protective Order except as provided by the

Protective Order. I will use any such information only with respect to this case. 

7. I will return all documents covered by the Protective Order that come into my possession and

all documents or things which I have prepared which contain such information to any attorney

representing the party that has employed or retained me at the conclusion of this case.

8. I submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcement of the Protective

Order. 

DATED this ______ day of _______________, 2012. 

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