Orica Australia Pty Ltd v. Aston Evaporative Services, LLC
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ORDER granting 52 Motion for Discovery Depositions by Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer on 11/17/14.(cbssec)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Case No. 14-cv-00412-WJM-CBS
ORICA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,
Plaintiff,
v.
ASTON EVAPORATIVE SERVICES, LLC,
Defendant and Third-Party Claimant,
v.
UE MANUFACTURING, LLC,
Third-Party Defendant.
ORDER APPROVING STIPULATIONS
FOR CERTAIN DEPOSITIONS TO BE TAKEN IN AUSTRALIA
AND APPOINTING OFFICERS FOR SAME
By their counsels’ signatures, the parties stipulate and agree that:
1. The parties intend to notice and take the following non-party depositions (the
“Depositions”) under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 & 32(d)(1) in Australia during the period of
December 2 – December 12, 2014, which collectively shall be referred to as the
Australia Depositions:
a. Fadi Akkawi of Melbourne, Victoria;
b. Sanjay Chopra of Melbourne, Victoria;
c. Adam Greenham of Melbourne, Victoria;
d. John Hendry of Brisbane, Queensland;
e. Adam Dorahy of Wollongong, New South Wales;
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f. Michael Griffiths of Wollongong, New South Wales; and
g. Such additional witnesses in Australia as the parties may agree to notice and
take during the period in question.
2. Each Deposition will be conducted under and governed by the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, the orders of the Court, and these stipulations or any modifications to
them mutually agreed in writing or on the record.
3. The parties agree to cooperate with each other in the timing and scheduling of
the Australia Depositions in order to accommodate the witnesses and to complete as
many depositions as is feasible during the period. Each Deposition will begin at a
mutually agreed date and time and will continue from day-to-day until complete.
4. The Australia Depositions will be taken before court reporters employed by
Merrill Legal Solutions or Merrill Corporation, who are not disqualified for the reasons in
Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(c) and who, upon the Court’s approval of these stipulations, are
appointed as officers to administer the oaths or affirmations and take evidence in
accordance with these stipulations for each Deposition.
5. The parties waive all objections to and stipulate to the qualifications of court
reporters employed by Merrill Legal Solutions or Merrill Corporation to conduct the
Australia Depositions, or such other court reporters as the parties may agree to.
6. The Australia Depositions will be recorded stenographically and may also be
recorded by audiographic and/or videographic means.
7. Originals of exhibits offered in any Deposition may be retained by offering
counsel. Copies of such exhibits will be given to the appointed officer and counsel for
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other parties by the offering counsel.
comparison with copies.
Offering counsel will preserve originals for
If no objection is made on the record to the quality or
accuracy of any copy, the copy given to the officer may be used as an original for all
purposes.
8. The witnesses need not sign the transcript of their Deposition.
9. If any witnesses make any changes to their testimony upon review, they must be
listed and explained in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(e)(1) under oath before a
notary. Any changes offered after the 30-day period provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(e)(1)
shall be null, void, and without effect.
10. In each Deposition, the deponent will be administered any oath or affirmation
sufficient under either federal law or under the law in the place of the Deposition for the
taking of evidence.
11. Each Deposition’s transcript may be read, audio may be played, or video may be
presented into trial evidence, regardless of the availability of the witness at time of trial.
12. If the Australia Depositions are completed in accordance with these stipulations
or any modifications to them mutually agreed in writing or on the record, then:
a. The method of recording each Deposition will be deemed sufficient under
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(c)(3);
b. The oath or affirmation administered in each Deposition will be deemed
sufficient under Fed. R. Civ. P. 28 & 30(c)(5)(A)(iv);
c. Each Deposition will be deemed a lawful deposition under Fed. R. Evid.
804(b)(1)(A);
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d. The testimony in each Deposition will be deemed testimony given under
penalty of perjury under Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A);
e. Each party will be deemed to have been present or represented at the taking
of each Deposition or to have received reasonable notice of it under Fed. R.
Civ. P. 32(a)(1)(A);
f. Each party will be deemed to have been given an opportunity to examine the
witnesses’ statements in each Deposition under Fed. R. Evid. 613(b);
g. Each party will be deemed to have waived any objection to the notice of the
Deposition under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(1);
h. Each party will be deemed to have waived any objection to the officer before
whom the Deposition is taken under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(2);
i.
Each party will be deemed to have waived any objection to the manner of
recording the deposition testimony under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(3);
j.
Each party will be deemed to have waived any objection to the oath or
affirmation administered in the Deposition under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(3); and
k. Each party will be deemed to have waived any objection to how the officer
transcribed the testimony under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(4).
13. Each party agrees that, to the best of its knowledge, each witness has agreed to
appear voluntarily at his or her respective Deposition without the need for subpoena or
compulsion.
14. Each party agrees that none of the witnesses are under the control of any other
party, that no party can guarantee to any other party whether any witness will actually
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appear and testify at any Deposition, that each party will bear all of its own financial
costs and risks from any witness’s failure to appear or testify, that it will not seek
sanctions or reimbursement of expenses or the like from any other party for any
witness’s failure to appear or testify, and that it will not seek recovery of expenses under
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(g)(2).
15. The Court approves the above stipulations.
November
DATED at Denver, Colorado, this ___ day of ________________, 2014.
17th
BY THE COURT:
United States Magistrate Judge
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Stipulated and agreed to by:
s/Jeffrey D. Whitney
Christopher L. Ottele, #33801
Jeffrey D. Whitney, #35938
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4700
Denver, Colorado 80203
Attorneys for Plaintiff
s/Benjamin M. Wegener
Benjamin M. Wegener, #36952
YOUNGE & HOCKENSMITH, P.C.
743 Horizon Court, Suite 200
Grand Junction, Colorado 81560
Attorneys for Defendant
s/Harry L. Scarborough
Harry L. Scarborough #46272
SCARBOROUGH LAW FIRM PLLC
1444 Blake St.
Denver, CO 80202
Sam D. Starritt, #27876
DUFFORD, WALDECK, MILBURN & KROHN, L.L.P.
744 Horizon Court, Suite 300
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant
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