Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Filing 428

MOTION to Compel the Depositions of Plaintiffs and Incorporated Memorandum of Law by Mars Petcare US, Inc., Mars Inc.. Responses due by 8/7/2008 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Exhibit L, # 13 Exhibit M, # 14 Exhibit N, # 15 Exhibit O, # 16 Exhibit P, # 17 Exhibit Q, # 18 Exhibit R, # 19 Exhibit S, # 20 Exhibit T, # 21 Exhibit U, # 22 Exhibit V, # 23 Exhibit W, # 24 Exhibit X)(Ortega, Omar)

Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

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IINITED STATESDISTRICTCOURT SOUTHERN DISTRICTOF FLORIDA M I A M I DIVISION C A S ENO. I :07-21221CIVALTONAGA/BROWN R E N E EBLASZKOWSKI,et a1., individually a n don behalfof otherssimilarlvsituated. Plaintiffs,

M A R S INC., et al.,
Defendants. S T I P U L A T I O N SCHEDULING PLAINTIFF'S' D E P O S I T I O N AND CONDITIONS THERETO P u r s u a n tto FederalRules of Civil ProcedureRule 29, Plaintiffsl and Defendants,2 t h r o u g h their respectivecounselhereby stipulateto the following schedulefor plaintiffs, d e p o s i t i o n sand the conditions thereto:

' The named plaintiffs are: ReneeBlaszkowski, Pahicia Davis, Susan Peters,Deborah H o c k , Beth Wilson, Claire Kotzampaltiris,DoruraHopkins-Jones, Marian Lupo, JaneHering, J o - A n n Murphy, StephanieStone,PatriciaHanrahan,Debbie Rice, Ann euinn, Sharon M a t h i e s e n , Sandy Shore,Carolyn White, Lou Wiggins, Michelle Lucarelli, Raul Isern, Danielle V a l o r a s , Lisa MacDonald, Cindy Tregoe,JenniferDamron, Marlena Rucker. Julie Nelson. Y v o n n e Thomas, Debbie McGregor, Linda Brown, and Tone Gaglione (collectively "Plaintiffs"). The defetrdants include: Mars, Incorporated;Mars petcareu.S., Inc.; The Iams c o m p a n y ; Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.; Del Monte Foods,Company; Nestle purina petCare c o m p a n y ; Nutro Products,Inc.; Natura pet products,Inc.; Menu Foods, Inc.; Menu Foods I n c o m e Fund; Publix Supermarkets,Inc.;New Albertson's,Inc.; Albertson,s LLC; pETCo A n i m a l Supplies,StoresInc.; Pet Supermarket, Inc.; Pet SuppliesPlusAJSA,Inc.; petSmart, Inc.; T a r g e t Corporation; and Wal-Mart Stores,Inc. (collectively..Defendants',). 2

1. 4,20 0 8 . 2. 3. 2008. 4.

will in Plaintiff DonnaHopkins-Jones be deposed New York on August

in Plaintiff ToneGaglionewill be deposed New York on August 5, 2008. in Plaintiff Michelle Lucarelliwill be deposed New York on August 6,

in Plaintiff ClaireKotzampaltiris will be deposed New York on August

7,2008.
5. 6. 7. 8. in Peters be deposed Miami on August25,2008. will Plaintiff Susan in PlaintiffPatDaviswill be deposed Miami on August26,2008. in PlaintiffRaulIsernwill be deposed Miami on August27,2008. Blaszkowskiwill be deposed Miami on August 28, in Plaintiff Renee

2008.
9. 10. Plaintiff Danielle Valoras will be deposedin Miami on August 29,2008. Plaintiff Yvonne Thomas will be deposedin Miami on September 2,

2008. 11. 2008. 12. 2008. 13. 1 0 ,2008.
14. Plaintiff Sandy Shore will be deposedin Los Angeles on September 11,

will be deposed Miami on September in 3, PlaintiffLisa MacDonald

in Plaintiff DeborahHock will be deposed Los Angeleson September 9,

in Ruckerwill be deposed Los Angeleson September PlaintiffMarlena

2008.

15. 72,2008.
16. September 22,2008. 17. September 23,2008. 18. September 24,2008. 19. September 25,2008. 20. 26.2008. 2I. 29,2009. 22. 30,2008. 23. 24. 25. 26. 2008.
27.

Plaintiff Pahicia Hanrahan bedeposed LosAngeles September will in on

Plaintiff Stephanie Stonewill be deposed Washington, on in DC

PlaintiffCarolynWhitewill be deposed Washington, on in DC

PlaintiffJoanne Murphywill be deposed Washington, on in DC

Plaintiff JenniferDamronwill be deposed Washington, on in DC

PlaintiffJane Herringwill be deposed Washington, on September in DC

PlaintiffCindyTregoe will be deposed Washington, on September in DC

Plaintiff Marian Lupo will be deposed Washington, on September in DC

PlaintiffJulieNelsonwill be deposed St.Louis on October 2008. in 6, PlaintiffBethWilsonwill be deposed St.Louis on October in 7,2008. PlaintiffLou Wigginswill be deposed St.Louis on October8, 2008. in Plaintiff Sharon Mathiesen be deposed St.Louis on October9, will in

Plaintiff Debbie Rice will be deposedin St. Louis on October 10, 2008.

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Plaintiff Linda Brown will be deposedin Minneapolis on a date to be

d e t e r m i n e din September2008 or in Miami during the week of October 20,2008. 29. 30. Plaintiff Ann Quinn will be deposedin Las Vegas on September8, 2008. Without a prior agreementby all defense counsel planning to attend the

d e p o s i t i o n at issue,a plaintiff may miss his/her scheduleddepositiononly for legitimate illness of o r personal emergencies, circumstances which must be explainedto defensecounsel as the s o o n as possiblebut in any event prior to the date of that parlicular plaintiff s deposition. 31. Plaintiffs who miss their scheduleddepositionsare required to sit for

er d e p o s i t i o n in Miami during the weeks of Septemb 2, 2008 or October 20, 2008, even if the p a r t i e s are required to double track the depositionsduring thoseperiods to complete all of the depositions. 32. and mandatorydisclosuresthat are As parl of the interrogatoryresponses

d u e from Plaintiffs on or before June 23,2008, eachplaintiff agreesto disclosethe name and c o n t a c t information for each veterinarianwho has provided treatmentor advice regarding a dog or cat owned by a plaintiff. 33. At least 30 days prior to a particular plaintiff s deposition,defense

c o u n s e l will propose a location for the depositionin the city in which the depositionhas been s e t . which location will be at no charseto Plaintiffs. If Plaintiffs' counsel is dissatisfiedwith t h e location selectedby the Defendantsfor any reason,Plaintiffs' counselmay suggestan alternate location, which will accommodateall defensecounsel and telephone and v i d e o c o n f e r e n c i n gaccessto the deposition,all at Plaintiffs' expense.

34.

Furtherformalnoticeof thetakingof Plaintiffs'depositions shallnot be

required, anddefendant NaturaPetProducts, Inc.'sprior deposition notices behalfof all on Defendants shall be deemed amended the datesand locationssetforth herein. to 35. Defense counselfor eachdefendant Plaintiffs' counselmay observe and

and participatein all depositions personor via telephone in and/orvideo conferencing be to arranged the respective by participating partiesat their soleexpense.One counselfor Plaintiffs and one counselfor eachdefendant attending deposition, the whetherin person,by phoneor by v i d e o c o n f e r e n c i n g , be allowedto askquestions thewitness. shall of 36. Eachdefendant be ableto designate locationof its own will the

deposition(s) that of its employees, no chargeto plaintiffs,providedthat the deposition and at location shall be within the general proximity of the facility in which that defendanVwitness is primarily employed. 37. No defendant will be requiredto sit for deposition until at leastthe first

t w o setsof plaintiffs' depositions (New York andMiami) areconcluded. Plaintiffs'counsel w i l l discuss with eachparticular defense counsel furtherspecifics his/herclient's the of depositions. 38. Exceptas setforthherein, depositions this actionwill be subject all in to

the local rules of the United States District Court,Southem District of Florida. STIPULATED TO AND AGREED BY: DATED:

2008

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Catherine Maclvor J. E-mail: cmacivor(4Dmflesal.coq JeffreyEric Foreman E - m a i l : i.t.ereman(4)ml1egal.corn JeffreyBradford Maltzman E - m a i l : imaltzrnan(ii)mflegal.com D a r r e nW. Friedman E - m a i l : [e-mail] B j o r g Eikeland E - m a i l : beikeland(@mflesal.com M A L T Z M A N FOREMAN PA O n eBiscayne Tower 2 SouthBiscayne Boulevard, Suite2300 M i a m i ,FL 33131-1803 T e l e p h o n e(305)358-6555 : F a c s i m i l e :[phone] A t t o r n e y s Plaintffi for

D. JeffreyIreland E-mail: djireland(d)flclar,v.com Brian D. Wright E-mail: Ihvright(llulaw.conr LauraA. Sanom E-mail: lsanorn(ill'icla'ov.cor-n FARUKI IRELAND & COX P.L.L. Plaza, 500Courthouse S.W. 10North Ludlow Street Dayton,Ohio 45402 Alan G. Greer RICHMAN GREER,P.A. MiamiCenter Suite 1000 201South Biscayne Boulevard Miami,FL 33131 [phone] Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: E - m a i l psrcer(d)richmil : [,q$:er.co.m A ttor neys r D efencl t un Jb
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J o h n B.T. Murray, Jr. E - m a i l : ihrnurrerv(d)ssd.corn B a r b a r a Bolton Litten E - n r a i l : lrlitterr(l?)ssd.conr S Q U I R E , SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 1 9 0 0Phillips Point West 7 7 7 South Flagler Drive W e s t Palm Beach,Florida 33401-6198 ( 5 6 1 ) 650.7120 F a x : [phone] Attorneys for Defendants PETCO Animal Supplies Stores, Inc., PetSmart, Inc., I(al-Mart S t o r e s ,Inc., Target Corporation

Rolando Andres Diaz E-Mail: rd(0,kubickdruper.com Maria Kayanan E-mail: mekt.tikubic'kirh"uper.r:ont KUBICIil DRAPER 25 W. Flagler Street Penthouse Miami, FL 33130-1712 [phone] Telephone: Facsimile: [phone] Attorneysfor Defendant Pet Supermarket, Inc.

AlexanderShaknes D L A PIPER U.S.LLP 1 2 5 1Avenueof theAmericas N e w York. New York 10020 E - m a i l : ' 4 lex. haknes(qt.tllapipe ont r.c S L o n n i eL. Simpson lapiper.com E - m a i l : Lonnie.simpson(,i)c'l D o u g l a sKnox lapiper.com E - m a i l : Douqlas.knoxr.aijd D L A PIPER US LLP 1 0 0North Tampa S u i t e2200 T a m p aFL 33602-5809 , Attorneys Defendants MenuFoods,Inc. for
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P h i l i p A. Sechler E-mail : p,s cl il eriv; c.com e D a n e H. Butswinkas E-mail: dbuts\1,ilkas(A),w cotrl i c. T h o m a s G. Hentoff :.ont E - m a i l : thento/(Q),stt P a h i c k J. Houlihan E - m a i l : ttfutuI ihanGl,v,c. nt co W I L L I A M S & CONNOLLY LLP 7 2 5 Twelfth Street.N.W. D.C. 200005 Washington, Omar Ortega E-mail: Wtrtex({ri tbrtqgndorteqo. cont D O R T A AND ORTEGA, P.A. D o u g l a s Entrance 8 0 0 S. DouglasRoad,Suite 149 C o r a l Gables,Florida 33134 T e l e p h o n e :[phone] F a c s i m i l e :[phone] Attorneysfor Defbndants Mars, Incorporated, Mars Petcare U.5., Inc. and Nutro Products, Inc.

H u g h J. Turner,Jr. AI(ERMAN SENTERFITT 3 5 0E. LasOlasBoulevard S u i t e1600 F o r t Lauderdale, 33301-2229 FL T e l e p h o n e(954)463-27 : 00 [phone] Facsimile: E-mail: huglr.turner@alcennan.c<lm Attorneys Defendant Publix Super for Markets,Inc.

RichardFama C O Z E N O'CONNOR 4 5 Broadway N e w York, New York 10006 [phone] Telephone: F a c s i m i l e :[phone] E - m a i l : rfama(ilcozen.com S h e n i lM. Colombo C O Z E N O'CONNOR Wachovia Center, Suite4410 2 0 0 SouthBiscayne Boulevard M i a m i ,FL 33131 T e l e p h o n e(305)704-5945 : [phone] Facsimile: E - m a i l : , s c o l obo(Qcozen. m cont J o h nF. Mullen

C O Z E N O'CONNOR 1 9 0 0MarketStreet P h i l a d e l p h i a , 19103 PA [phone] Telephone: F a c s i m i l e :[phone] E - m a i l :.imull en(0cozen. QJ! c Attorneys Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. for Benjamine Reid E-mail: l:tre carl tonlieIds.r:o id(@ m O l g aM. Vieira E - m a i l: ot'ieir u@,c ltonfieds.cont I or A n a M. Craig E-mail: acraig@carltonfields. com C A R L T O N FIELDS. P.A. 1 0 0S.E.Second Street, 4000 Suite B a n k of AmericaTowerat International Place M i a m i .Florida3313 I -9101 T e l e p h o n e(305)530-0050 : F a c s i m i l e : [phone] J a m e s Arden D. E - m a i l : iarden({i)sidley.com J o h nJ. Kuster E - m a i l : j kus ter@sidley. com S I D L E Y A U S T I N LLP 7 8 7 Seventh Avenue N e w York. NY 10019 [phone] Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: Attorneys Defendant Hill's Pet Nutrition, for
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C r a i gA. Hoover E - m a i l : cahoover(iD,h conr hlnr,^. M i r a n d aL. Berge E-mail: nilber se(iip,hat+'.ont hl c' HOGAN & HARTSON LLP 5 5 5 l3thStreet. NW Washington, D.C. 20004 [phone] Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: R o b e r tC. Troyer H O G A N & HARTSON LLP 1200nth Street O n eTaborCenter, suite1500 Denver,Colorado80202 T e l e p h o n e(303)899-7300 : [phone] Facsimile: E-mail: rctra.1tk.((8,h c:o hkn'v. m C a r o lA. Licko H O G A N & HARTSON LLP M e l l o n Financial Center l 1 l 1 BrickellAvenue. Suite1900 M i a m i ,FL 33131 [phone] Telephone: (305) Facsimile: 459-6550 E - m a i l: calicko(Ehhlar,v.com Attorneys Defendant NestlePurina for
Petcare Co.

W. RandolphTeslik E - m a i l : rteslik,(rlaLinwnnp.com Andrew Dober E-mail: aclober($akineunry.com A K I N GUMP STRAUSSHAUBR & FELD LLP 1 3 3 3New Hampshire Avenue, NW D.C. 20036 Washington, T e l e p h o n e :[phone] F a c s i m i l e :[phone]

RalphG. Patino E-mail: rq+Jinor.??Jpatinolaw-corn Dominick Y.Tamarazzo E-mail: dlamarszzo(P,patinolmv.Qom CarlosB. Salup E-mail: csulup(Q,patinokrw.com PATINO & ASSOCIATES,P.A. 225 AlcazarAvenue Florida33134 CoralGables, [phone] Telephone: [phone] Facsimile:

C r a i gP. Kalil Pet Attorneys Defendants Supplies"Plus" E-mail: ckalil(Q,abolli.cont for Plus/USA, and Pet Supplies Inc. Joshua Poyer D. E-mail: jpo ve r@,ab i IIi.com a A B A L L I , MILNE, KALIL & ESCAGEDO, P.A. 2250 Sun Trust International Center One Southeast Third Avenue M i a m i ,Florida33131 T e l e p h o n e(305)373-6600 : F a c s i m i l e :(305)373-7 929 Attorneys Defendants NewAlbertson'sInc. for a n dAlbertson's LLC

Kristen E. Caverly IIEi\DERSON & CAVERLY LLP P . O .Box 9144 1 6 2 3 6SanDieguitoRoad,Suite4-13 RanchoSantaFe, California 92067-9L44 E-mail: keaverLv@hcesq. cant Jeffrey S. York E-mail: .i,vor mcguirew ods. m l@ o co Michael M. Giel E-mail: mqiel(dmcquirew ood,s. com McGUIRE WOODS LLP 5 0 N. LauraStreet, Suite3300 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Telephone: [phone] F a c s i m i l e :[phone] Attorneysfor DefendantNatura Pet Products, Inc.

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