Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Filing 616

Plaintiff's MOTION for Protective Order Regarding Production of Patricia Davis' Computer Hard Drive to Defendant Natura Pet Products Inc. by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Edgar R. Nield, # 2 Declaration of Patricia Davis)(MacIvor, Catherine)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-21221 CIV ALTONAGA/Brown RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Class Representatives, vs. MARS INC., et al. Defendants. ______________________________________________/ PLAINTIFF PATRICA DAVIS' MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARING PRODUCTION OF HER COMPUTER HARD DRIVE TO DEFENDANT NATURA PET FOODS PRODUCTS INC. I. Introduction As discussed below, the Court has recently issued an Order requiring the production of a copy of the hard drive from the personal computer of Plaintiff Patricia Davis, after denying her Motion for Reconsideration of that Order, which sought relief from a calendaring error caused Plaintiffs to miss the filing date for the Oppositions to those Motions causing them to be ruled upon unopposed. In denying that motion the Court indicated that it was with without prejudice "to be reconsidered in the event the discovery deadline is extended by the District Court Judge". At the same time plaintiff Davis files this motion for a Protective Order, she will also be filing a Motion requesting the that the District Court Judge extend the deadline for discovery to allow time to reconsider the Motion and complete discovery thereafter. Should that motion be granted this Motion for a Protective Order may become moot. 1 However, it is being filed to assure proper protections are in place should the request to extend the deadline is denied. II. Factual Background In October of 2008, Defendant Natura Pet Food Products Inc. (Natura) served multiple sets of written discovery on several Plaintiffs in this matter including its First Set of Requests for Production of Documents upon Plaintiff Patricia Davis. responses to these Requests were thereafter served the Defendant. Subsequently, the Defendant indicated it was not satisfied with many of the responses provided by the Plaintiffs, including Responses to the Production Requests provided by Ms. Davis, and requested further responses. After meet confer efforts between the parties failed to resolve the issues raised by the Defendant, Natura moved forward with filing of a Motion to Compel further responses to those requests. The motion relating to the Document Production Requests to Ms. Davis was filed on January 13, 2009. Unfortunately, Ms. Davis' legal representative made an error calendaring the correct due date to file an Opposition to the Defendants motion. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶4). This error was not discovered until her counsel began to receive the Magistrate Judge's Orders relating to the Defendant's various Motions to Compel prior to the mistakenly calendared due date for Oppositions. ( See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶5 and ¶6 ). As soon as the error was discovered, Plaintiff's counsel immediately filed a Motion for Reconsideration of the Courts Orders Compelling further responses, including Defendant's Motion to Compel further responses to Production Requests to Plaintiff Timely 2 Davis. That Motion included as exhibits Plaintiff Oppositions to the Defendants multiple Motions to Compel, again including an Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Compel production requests to Plaintiff Davis. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 6). In the Motion Plaintiffs' counsel sought, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P 60, relief from the calendaring error which had caused the Defendants motions to be ruled upon unopposed. Counsel also requested that the Court vacate its Orders compelling further responses to the written discovery at issue, including the Defendant's Production Request to Plaintiff Davis, allow the filing of Plaintiffs' Oppositions and to hear Defendant's Motions on their merits, taking into consideration the Oppositions. Of primary concern was the request that Ms. Davis produce "all computers you used to prepare your June 2008 responses to interrogatories propounded by defendant Mars, Inc." While the request did not indicate why these computers were being sought, or what the Defendant was looking for, it was presumed that the Defendant was seeking to obtain emails between Plaintiff Davis and her counsel concerning those responses. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 7). The request caused a great deal of concern because it raised the specter of Plaintiff Davis possibly having to produce her personal computer which contained virtually all of her and her family" personal, private and confidential files including but not limited to information concerning her personal communications with family, friends and business associates, her personal health and financial and records, personal photos, letters, files concerning her exploration of various websites of interest and many other personal and private records and files to numerous to list here. As the computer is also 3 used by her family members, their personal, private and confidential records records were also contained on the computer, raising the possibly that their personal and private information could also be compromised, even though they were not parties to this lawsuit. Still further the computer also contained confidential communications with her attorneys which she wanted to remain protected. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 6). Unfortunately, the Court denied the Motion for Reconsideration and among other things, ordered that a copy of Ms. Davis's computer hard drive be produced to the Defendant without limitation or restriction. In its Order directing the production, the Court also indicated that the "ruling is without prejudice to be reconsidered in the event the discovery deadline is extended by the District Court Judge." (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 8). Because of the extremely sensitive, personal and confidential nature of the information contained on Plaintiff Davis' computer hard drive, and because of the prohibitions and restrictions the Courts have placed on the production of such information and equipment and further because of the serious issues relating to the application of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrines as they relate to the protected communications on her computer, Plaintiff Davis is filing this Motion for a Protective Order. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 9). Contemporaneously, she is also filing a Motion requesting that the District Court Judge extend the discovery deadline to allow reconsideration of Plaintiff's prior Motion for Reconsideration and the Defendant's prior Motion to Compel production of the her 4 computer on merits. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 10). If that motion is successful, this request for a Protective Order may not be necessary. If not, Plaintiff Davis requesting pursuant to this Motion that the Court set certain restrictions and limitations on the production of her computer hard drive and the review of the information contained therein pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P 26(c)(1). II. Request for Protective Order First, Plaintiff Davis would request that the Defendant be required to specifically indentify what information it is seeking on the computer hard drive and for what purpose. This information should not include any documentation relating to communications between Ms. Davis and her attorneys, but to the extent practical, a privilege log will be produced relating to this information. Second, Plaintiff Davis would request that the hard drive not be produced to directly to the Defendant but instead to an independent party, to be selected by the Court and/or the parties, to conduct the inspection of the hard drive for the specific documentation that the defendant identifies it is seeking, again not to include attorneyclient privileged communications. Third, she requests that the Court review any potentially responsive information, if any, in camera, to determine whether it relevant to any of the issues in the case, based upon a good cause showing as to the relevancy of the information being sought, offered by the Defendant. Finally, she would request that any information released be deemed subject to either the Protective Order filed earlier in this case or a special order specifically directed 5 to information obtained form Plaintiff Davis' computer, if any, as the Court may deem appropriate. Any Order should include provisions to the effect that any information released pursuant to the above is to be used in this case only, that it be maintained as confidential and "Attorneys Eyes Only", and that the entity selected to review the hard drive be required to agree to and execute the Protective Order before undertaking their review. III. Legal Argument A. Protective Order This request for a Protective Order as outlined above is being made pursuant to the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2) and Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2)(B). The latter authorizes the Court to issue Orders: (A) forbidding the disclosure or discovery; (B) specifying terms, including time and place, for the disclosure or discovery; (C) prescribing a discovery method other than the one selected by the party seeking discovery; (D) forbidding inquiry into certain matters, or limiting the scope of disclosure or discovery to certain matters; (E) designating the persons who may be present while the discovery is conducted; among other things. Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2)(B) the court may specify the conditions for the discovery electronically stored information. B. Restrictions on the Production of Computer Information Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2) provides "The frequency or extent of use of the discovery methods otherwise permitted under these rules . . . shall be limited by the court if it 6 determines that: ... (iii) the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit, taking into account the needs of the case, the amount in controversy, the parties' resources, the importance of the issues at stake in the litigation, and the importance of the proposed discovery in resolving the issues." As noted above . R. Civ. P 26(b)(2) and Fed. R. Civ. P 26(b)(2)(B) provide the court the ability to restrict the nature, extent and method of e-discovery where circumstances warrant. Courts have been reluctant to compel "e-discovery" on the grounds that the discovery invades confidential information, is too burdensome, or not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible or relevant evidence. In Eugene J. Strasser, M.D., P.A. v. Bose Yalamanchi, M.D., P.A. 669 So.2d 1142, 1145 (Fla.App. 4 Dist.,1996), the Court held that the trial court erred in granting plaintiff unlimited access to petitioner's computer system because the request was overbroad and doing so could involved disclosure of personal and confidential information. The Court cautioned that: "the harm here is irreparable because once confidential information is disclosed, it cannot be `taken back,' and once the wholesale invasion into the defendant's computer system has occurred, the damage to the system may be irreversible. During an inspection as presently ordered, plaintiff would have unrestricted access to defendant's entire computer system with all of the patients' confidential records, and all of the records of defendant's entire business, including those not involved in the instant action." Id.(Citations Omitted) That Court went on to determine that an order compelling computer information must "define parameters of time and scope, and must place sufficient access restrictions to prevent compromising patient confidentiality and to prevent harm to defendant's computer and data bases." Id. 7 In the case of Fennel v. First Step Designs, Ltd. 83 F.3d 526 (C.A.1 1996), an employee sued her employer alleging that she was fired because she had brought a sexual harassment claim. Defendant employer sought to prove that his decision to fire plaintiff preceded her complaint, and brought forth memorandum dated before the sexual harassment claim which stated his desire to fire the employee. Plaintiff's computer expert maintained that the memorandum was auto dated and based thereon made a motion to compel the discovery of defendant's hard drive to prove that the memorandum had been fabricated. The Court denied plaintiff's request despite the importance of the information sought because of the substantial risks and costs of such discovery. Id. at 533. It noted that when determining whether the risks and costs outweighed the potential benefit of such discovery, the court looked to "the confidentiality of information on the hard drive that was proprietary or subject to attorney-client privilege or work-product privilege" as well as increased legal and expert fees involved in the discovery dispute and process. Id. The Court also found that discovery of the hard drive would lead to a "fishing expedition" given that the plaintiff had not shown a particularized likelihood of discovering relevant information. Id. The Court noted that to meet this standard, a party must "set forth a plausible basis for believing that specified facts, susceptible of collection within a reasonable time frame, probably exist." Id. No such facts were presented or argued in either the Defendants Document Production Request #2, at issue here or in there Motion to Compel. (See Declaration of Edgar R. Nield filed in support of this Motion at ¶ 7). 8 To require the production of Ms. Davis' personal computer, without the restrictions and limitations of the requested protective order would be to allow a severe and irreversible "wholesale invasion" of the privacy of her and family`s privacy, without even an attempt to provide adequate justification. This is synonymous to the situation in Strasser case, where the Court denied the production of a computer hard drive because doing so would provide the requesting party with a large amount of private and personal information unrelated to the action at issue. Correspondingly, allowing unlimited access to the Plaintiff's personal computer hard drive, without at least the requested limitations and restrictions of the requested Protective Order must not be allowed. C. Attorney Client Privilege Considerations Under the Florida Lawyer-Client Privilege, F.S.A. § 90.502, "A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, the contents of confidential communications when such other person learned of the communications because they were made in the rendition of legal services to the client." See F.S.A. § 90.502(2). The privilege may be claimed by the client themselves or the client's lawyer, but only on behalf of the client. See § 90.502(3). Both Federal and Florida courts have applied this standard and have held that the attorney-client privilege belongs to the client may not be waived without his client's consent. (See In re von Bulow, 828 F.2d 94, 101 C.A.2 (N.Y. 1987), Cox v. Administrator U.S. Steel & Carnegie 17 F.3d 1386, 1417 C.A.11 (Ala. 1994) and In Benge v. Superior Court, 131 Cal.App.3d 336, 345 (1982). Furthermore, as the Courts in both Fennel and Strasser indicated, the disclosure of potentially confidential and 9 privileged information must also be considered when weighting the propriety of specific discovery. Finally, although Defendant has made no effort to do so, the prohibitions of the attorney-client privilege without the holders consent, cannot be overcome without proving the some exception to the privilege exists. Exceptions to the federal attorneyclient privilege include 1) the joint-client exception, 2) the crime-fraud exception, 3) exception for clients claiming through a deceased client, 4) a fiduciary exception, 5) a breach of duty exception and a 6) self defense exception. Rutter Group Prac. Guide Fed. Civ. Trials & Ev. Ch. 8H-B. Again, none of these exceptions have been show to exist, or have even been asserted by the Defendant. Beyond a copy of the saved interrogatory responses at issue, all of the other information on Ms. Davis' computer relating to her preparation of those responses, if that indeed is what the Defendant is seeking, are communications between Ms. Davis and her attorneys, which are protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or the attorney work product doctrine. (See Declaration of Ms. Davis at ¶ 3). Consequently, the application of the attorney-client privilege and attorney work-product doctrine, in addition to the confidentiality issues, require that Defendant's access to Ms. Davis' computer be limited and restricted pursuant to a Protective Order as requested above. VI. Conclusion As indicated above, Plaintiff Davis has also filed a Motion in this matter requesting that the District Court Judge extend the deadline for discovery to allow the Defendants Motion to Compel Production of her personal computer, and her Opposition thereto, rather than as unopposed because of calendaring error by her counsel. If that motion is 10 granted, the need for the Protective Order requested above may become moot. However, should that motion be denied, Plaintiff respectfully requests, based upon the foregoing, that the Court Order any inspection of the computer, as required by its previous Order, be undertaken and limited pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order requested above. LOCAL RULE 7.1(A)(3) CERTIFICAITION Pursuant to Rule 7.1(A)(3) of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern Distinct of Florida, counsel Plaintiff Patricia Davis, Edgar R. Nield, on January 29, 2009, conferred in good faith with counsel for Defendant via email. On behalf of Plaintiff Davis we discussed the issues surrounding the defendants request for the production of Ms. Davis' computer. surrounding that request. Dated: January 28, 2009 Respectfully submitted, s/ Edgar R. Nield (Ca. State Bar # 135018) E-mail: enield@nieldlaw.com Law Offices of Edgar R. Nield Carlsbad Gateway Center 5650 El Camino Real Carlsbad, California, 92008 Telephone: (760) 929-9880 Facsimile: (760) 929-9260 Attorneys for Plaintiffs We were unable to resolve the issues 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE WE HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court via CM/ECF on February 2, 2009. We also certify that the foregoing was served on all counsel or parties of record on the attached Service List either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronic Notices of Filing. s/ Edgar R. Nield Edgar R. Nield SERVICE LIST CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown CATHERINE J. MACIVOR cmacivor@mflegal.com JEFFREY B. MALTZMAN jmaltzman@mflegal.com JEFFREY E. FOREMAN jforeman@mflegal.com DARREN W. FRIEDMAN dfriedman@mflegal.com MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA One Biscayne Tower 2 South Biscayne Boulevard -Suite 2300 Miami, Florida 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 Attorneys for Plaintiffs EDGAR R. NIELD enield@nieldlaw.com 4370 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 640 San Diego, CA 92122 Telephone: 858-552-6745 Facsimile: 858-552-6749 Attorney for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund LONNIE L. SIMPSON E-Mail: Lonnie.Simpson@dlapiper.com S. DOUGLAS KNOX E-Mail: Douglas.knox@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER US LLP 100 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2200 Tampa, Florida 33602-5809 Telephone: (813) 229-2111 Facsimile: (813) 229-1447 Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund WILLIAM C. MARTIN E-Mail: william.martin@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER RUDNICK GRAY CARY US LLP 203 North LaSalle Street Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60601-1293 Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund ALEXANDER SHAKNES E-Mail: Alex.Shaknes@dlapiper.com AMY W. SCHULMAN E-Mail: Amy.schulman@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER US LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Telephone: (212) 335-4829 PATRICK N. KEEGAN pkeegan@keeganbaker.com JASON E BAKER jbaker@keeganbaker.com KEEGAN & BAKER, LLP 4370 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 640 San Diego, CA 92122 Telephone: 858-552-6750 Facsimile: 858-552-6749 Attorneys for Plaintiffs CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 JEFFREY S. YORK E-Mail: jyork@mcguirewoods.com MICHAEL GIEL E-Mail: mgiel@mcguirewoods.com McGUIRE WOODS LLP 50 N. Laura Street, Suite 3300 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Telephone: (904) 798-2680 Facsimile: (904) 360-6330 Attorneys for Defendant Natura Pet Products, Inc. OMAR ORTEGA Email: ortegalaw@bellsouth.net DORTA & ORTEGA, P.A. Douglas Entrance 800 S. Douglas Road, Suite 149 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: (305) 461-5454 Facsimile: (305) 461-5226 Attorneys for Defendant Mars, Inc. and Mars Petcare U.S. and Nutro Products, Inc. BENJAMIN REID E-Mail: bried@carltonfields.com ANA CRAIG E-Mail: acraig@carltonfields.com CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4000 Miami, Florida 33131-0050 Telephone: (305)530-0050 Facsimile: (305) 530-0050 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. KRISTEN E. CAVERLY E-Mail: kcaverly@hcesq.com ROBERT C. MARDIAN III rmardian@hcesq.com HENDERSON CAVERLY PUM & CHARNEY LLP 16236 San Dieguito Road, Suite 4-13 P.O. Box 9144 (all US Mail) Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-9144 Telephone: 858-756-6342 x)101 Facsimile: 858-756-4732 Attorneys for Natura Pet Products, Inc. ALAN G. GREER agreer@richmangreer.com RICHMAN GREER WEIL BRUMBAUGH MIRABITO & CHRISTENSEN 201 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 1000 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (305) 373-4000 Facsimile: (305) 373-4099 Attorneys for Defendants The Iams Co. JOHN J. KUSTER jkuster@sidley.com JAMES D. ARDEN jarden@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019-6018 Telephone: (212) 839-5300 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 KARA L. McCALL kmccall@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP One S. Dearborn Street Chicago, ILL 60633 Telephone: (312) 853-2666 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. RICHARD FAMA E-Mail: rfama@cozen.com JOHN J. McDONOUGH E-Mail: jmcdonough@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 45 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Telephone: (212) 509-9400 Facsimile: (212) 509-9492 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods SHERRIL M. COLOMBO E-Mail: scolombo@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 4410 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (305) 704-5945 Facsimile: (305) 704-5955 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods Co. JOHN F. MULLEN E-Mail: jmullen@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 1900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 665-2179 Facsimile: (215) 665-2013 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. CAROL A. LICKO E-Mail: calicko@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON Mellon Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone (305) 459-6500 Facsimile (305) 459-6550 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. CRAIG A. HOOVER E-Mail: cahoover@hhlaw.com MIRANDA L. BERGE E-Mail: mlberge@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P. 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 ROBERT C. TROYER E-Mail: rctroyer@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON 1200 17th Street One Tabor Center, Suite 1500 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 899-7300 Facsimile: (303) 899-7333 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. JAMES K. REUSS E-Mail: jreuss@lanealton.com LANE ALTON & HORST Two Miranova Place Suite 500 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Telephone: (614) 233-4719 Attorneys for Defendant The Kroger Co. of Ohio D. JEFFREY IRELAND E-Mail: djireland@ficlaw.com BRIAN D. WRIGHT E-Mail: bwright@ficlaw.com LAURA A. SANOM E-Mail: lsanom@ficlaw.com FARUKI IRELAND & COX 500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W. 10 North Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 Attorneys for Defendant The Iams Co. CRAIG P. KALIL E-Mail: ckalil@aballi.com JOSHUA D. POYER E-Mail: jpoyer@abailli.com ABALLI MILNE KALIL & ESCAGEDO 2250 Sun Trust International Center One S.E. Third Avenue Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (303) 373-6600 Facsimile: (305) 373-7929 Attorneys for New Albertson's Inc. and Albertson's LLC ROLANDO ANDRES DIAZ W. RANDOLPH TESLIK E-Mail: rd@kubickdraper.com E-Mail: rteslik@akingump.com ANDREW J. DOBER PETER S. BAUMBERGER E-Mail: adober@akingump.com E-Mail: psb@kubickidraper.com AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD KUBICKI DRAPER 25 W. Flagler Street, Penthouse LLP 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Miami, Florida 33130-1712 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (305) 982-6708 Telephone: (202) 887-4000 Facsimile: (305) 374-7846 Facsimile: (202) 887-4288 Attorneys for Defendant Pet Supermarket, Inc. Attorneys for Defendants New Albertson's Inc. and Albertson's LLC CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 RALPH G. PATINO E-Mail: rpatino@patinolaw.com DOMINICK V. TAMARAZZO E-Mail: dtamarazzo@patinolaw.com CARLOS B. SALUP E-Mail: csalup@patinolaw.com PATINO & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 225 Alcazar Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: (305) 443-6163 Facsimile: (305) 443-5635 Attorneys for Defendants Pet Supplies "Plus" and Pet Supplies Plus/USA, Inc. HUGH J. TURNER, JR. E-Mail: hugh.turner@akerman.com AKERMAN SENTERFITT & EDISON 350 E. Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-2229 Telephone: (954)463-2700 Facsimile: (954)463-2224 Attorneys for Defendant Publix Super Markets, Inc. C. RICHARD FULMER, JR. E-Mail: rfulmer@Fulmer.LeRoy.com FULMER, LEROY, ALBEE, BAUMANN, & GLASS 2866 East Oakland Park Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 Telephone: (954) 707-4430 Facsimile: (954) 707-4431 Attorneys for Defendant The Kroger Co. of Ohio CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077

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