Wallis v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. et al

Filing 121

ORDER AND REASONS re 102 Motion to Compel. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael North. (Reference: 12-536)(lag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

LARIAN WALLIS

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NUMBER: 12-0536

HORNBECK OFFSHORE
OPERATORS, L.L.C., ET AL.

SECTION: "E"(5)

ORDER AND REASONS
The following constitutes the ruling of the Court on Plaintiff’s motion to compel.
(Rec. doc. 102).
By way of request for production of documents No. 9, Plaintiff sought, inter alia, a
complete copy of Hornbeck’s “[s]afety manuals . . .” The Court is of the opinion that
Hornbeck’s Safe Operations Manual constitutes but one document, albeit one that is
comprised of multiple pages. As Hornbeck concedes that portions of the document are
relevant to this litigation and it makes no assertion that the document or any portions
thereof are privileged, the document is to be produced to Plaintiff in its entirety. Any
concerns over the disclosure of any sensitive or proprietary information can be sufficiently

allayed through the entry of a protective order. The Court will provide the parties with a
copy of its model protective order for that purpose.
Hello This is a Test
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 23rd day of

July

, 2014.

MICHAEL B. NORTH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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