Braden et al v. Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan

Filing 34

ORDER granting #31 Motion for Protective Order Regarding Production of Certain Non-Party Claim Files. Signed by Honorable Susan O. Hickey on April 8, 2016. (mll)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
DAVID BRADEN and DALE BROWN,
individually and on behalf of all others
similarly situated
v.

PLAINTIFFS

Case No. 4:15-cv-4114

FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

DEFENDANT
ORDER

Before the Court is the Defendant’s Unopposed Motion for Entry of Agreed Protective Order
Regarding Production of Certain Non-Party Claim Files.

(ECF No. 31).

To protect the

confidentiality of non-public personal information which may be contained in certain nonparty claim
files, the parties, by and through their respective counsel, have stipulated to the entry of the following
protective order. The Court, after reviewing the terms of the protective order, finds that the parties’
Motion should be GRANTED. The Protective Order is as follows:
It is therefore ORDERED that Foremost may redact non-public personal information about
its policyholders and/or claimants, including information such as financial account numbers, Social
Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and health information.
It is further ORDERED that Foremost may redact and/or otherwise remove information or
documents which relate to other insureds and/or claimants to the extent it may appear within the
Sample Claim Files;
It is further ORDERED that the production of Sample Claim Files contemplated herein shall
not require the production of materials which are protected by the attorney-client privilege, work
product doctrine or other applicable protections.

It is further ORDERED that the Sample Claim Files are deemed to be “Confidential” and
subject to the restrictions applicable to confidential information provided for in the Agreed
Protective Order.
It is further ORDERED that neither Plaintiffs nor their counsel, nor anyone acting on their
behalf or at their behest, shall utilize any information obtained from or as a result of their receipt of
the Sample Claim Files to contact any policyholder or claimant identified therein without leave of
Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 8th day of April, 2016.
/s/ Susan O. Hickey
Susan O. Hickey
United States District Judge

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