Erbert v. Konecranes Standard Lifting Corp. et al

Filing 96

ORDER granting 95 Stipulation for Protective Order. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (BHC)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
HEATH ERBERT and TOPP’S
MECHANICAL, INC., a domestic
corporation,

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Plaintiffs,
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-vs)
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BLACK AND VEATCH
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CONSTRUCITON, INC.,
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a foreign corporation; and CASEY
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INDUSTRIAL INC., a foreign corporation, )
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Defendants,
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KONECRANES STANDARD LIFTING )
CORP., a foreign corporation; MORRIS
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MATERIAL HANDLING, INC., d/b/a
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Konecranes Americas, a foreign
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corporation; KONECRANES, INC., d/b/a )
Crane Pro Services, a foreign corporation; )
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Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, )
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-vs)
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MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. and
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INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES, )
INC., d/b/a Kayton Electric, Inc.,
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Third-Party Defendants.
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CASE NO.: 4:10CV-3196

PROTECTION ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1.

This Order applies to all documents, information, evidence, testimony, pleadings,

affidavits, briefs, motions, transcripts and discovery material containing confidential, proprietary,
commercial and/or financial information including depositions, testimony, admissions and
answers to interrogatories, given or taken in this action.

2.

All information provided or produced by a party to this Litigation (the “Producing

Party”) which the Producing Party asserts is “Confidential” shall be treated as “Confidential
Information.”
(a) The Producing Party may identify any document(s) as Confidential
Information by stamping such document(s) with the word “Confidential.” In the alternative, the
Producing Party may identify any document(s) as Confidential Information by designating them
as confidential in writing to all other parties through a description of the documents or
classification of documents, or with a list of the bates numbers of the documents. The failure to
designate a document as “Confidential” does not constitute a waiver of such claim, and a
Producing Party may so designate a document promptly after such document has been produced,
with the effect that such document is subject to the protections of this Stipulated Protective
Order.
(b) A party may, at the time of the deposition, designate the entire testimony as
“Confidential Information” in which case the other party shall treat the testimony as such for a
period of thirty (30) days after receipt of the transcript. Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of
the deposition transcript, the designating party shall identify that deposition testimony which is
to be treated as Confidential Information by stamping only such pages of the transcript as are to
be treated as Confidential Information and serving the designated transcript on all parties. Pages
not so stamped and served will not be treated as Confidential Information. Confidential
Information shall be used by any party receiving such information only for the purpose of this
Litigation.
3.

Confidential Information shall be used only for the purpose of this litigation, as

otherwise agreed to by the parties, or as ordered by any court or required by law, and may not be
used or disclosed for any other purpose.
4.

Except upon order of the Court or with the prior written consent of the Producing

Party, Confidential Information shall not be directly or indirectly disclosed to any person other
than:
(a) Legal counsel representing the parties to this case, and members of their law
firms, including any law clerk, paralegal, secretarial, or clerical staff who are employed by,
retained by, or assisting such counsel;

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(b) Court reporters who take and transcribe testimony, as well as necessary
secretarial and clerical assistants;
(c) Experts specially retained by attorneys in this litigation (including consulting
or testifying experts) only if such persons agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Order
by signing a copy of Exhibit “A” attached hereto;
(d) A party, such party’s in-house legal counsel, or current or former officer(s),
director(s), or employee(s) of a party deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the presentation,
defense, or settlement of this action (or related litigation);
(e) A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action and their
counsel;
(f) Any mediator retained by the parties in an effort to mediate and/or settle the
claims in this action;
(g) Any insurance company that might provide coverage for all or any part of any
judgment rendered in this action, as well as such insurance company’s in-house legal counsel, or
an officer, director, or employee of such insurance company deemed necessary by such
insurance company to assist in the evaluation or settlement of this action.
5.

The designation of “Confidential” upon any document pursuant to this Order shall

not constitute a ruling upon any claim of privilege, nor a ruling that such document necessarily is
entitled to the protection that may be accorded under the terms of this Order. If a party shall, at
any time, conclude that a particular document or a portion thereof should not be treated as
Confidential Information, it shall so notify all other parties. If the parties are unable to reach
agreement regarding the status of the document and the protection to be afforded, the party
contesting the claim of confidentiality shall continue to treat the documents as originally
designated according to the terms of this Order until that party has presented the matter to the
Court and the Court rules upon the status to be afforded the document. In the event of a
challenge to the Confidential treatment of a particular document, the party making the
designation shall carry the burden of establishing that the document is entitled to protection
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) or other applicable law.
6.

All documents of any nature, including briefs that have been designated as

“Confidential” and that are filed with the Court, shall be filed under seal or restricted access in

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accordance with NEGenR 1.3(a)(1)(B) and NECivR 5.0.3(c). All documents so filed shall be
released from confidential treatment only as provided by further order of the Court.
7.

The parties filing any brief, memorandum, motion, letter or other document (a

“Filing”) under seal or restricted access with the Court because the Filing would disclose
information from a document that is otherwise required to be filed under seal or restricted access
pursuant to the provisions of this Stipulation and Order shall comply with the provisions of
NEGenR 1.3(a)(1)(B) and NECivR 5.0.3(c).
8.

Any party to the Litigation who objects to the continued restriction on public

access to any document filed under seal or restricted access shall give written notice of his or her
objection to the Producing Party. To the extent that the Producing Party seeks to continue the
restriction on public access to documents filed with the Court, that party shall file an application
with the Court for a judicial determination as to whether good cause exists for continued
restricted access to the document.
9.

Any party may seek to introduce into evidence at trial any document which has

been designated as Confidential. The Producing Party may request the Court to maintain the
confidentiality of such information at trial. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice
of the final disposition of this lawsuit, whether by judgment and exhaustion of all appeals or by
voluntary dismissal, the Producing Party or its counsel may withdraw all documents designated
Confidential which have been filed or lodged with the Court in any manner. If such documents
are not withdrawn by the Producing Party or its counsel within the time period stated above they
will become part of the permanent public file of the proceedings or such documents may be
destroyed.
10.

Within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of the final disposition of

this Litigation, whether by judgment and exhaustion of all appeals, or by voluntary dismissal,
any party who has received documents designated Confidential shall either return all such
documents to the Producing Party or provide to counsel for the Producing Party a written
certification that all such documents have been destroyed.
11.

Any waiver under this Protective Order must be made in writing or, if at a

deposition or in Court, on the record. Any waiver, unless expressly made general, shall be
deemed limited to the specified purposes of the request or proceeding involved, and shall not
otherwise waive any of the protection provided by this Protective Order.

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12.

Nothing herein shall preclude a receiving party from using documents designated

as “confidential” which:
(a) are or become available to the public other than through breach of this Order
by the receiving party; or
(b) are or become otherwise lawfully available to the receiving party without
restriction from a third party.
13.

If a party in possession of Confidential Information receives a subpoena or other

compulsory process from a non-party to this Stipulated Protective Order seeking production or
other disclosure of such Confidential Information, that party shall give written and telephone
notice to counsel for the Producing Party within five (5) business days after receipt of the
subpoena or other compulsory process; such notice shall identify the Confidential Information
sought and enclose a copy of the subpoena or other compulsory process. If the Producing Party
timely seeks a protective order, the party to which the subpoena or other compulsory process was
issued or served shall not produce the Confidential Information called for prior to receiving a
court order or the consent of the Producing Party. In the event that such Discovery Material
containing Confidential Information is produced to the non-party, such material shall still be
treated by the parties to this action in accordance with the designation as Confidential by the
parties to this Stipulated Protective Order.
14.

Inadvertent failure to designate materials as Confidential Discovery Material at

the time of production may be supplemented by written notice given by the producing party.
Upon receipt of such notification, all documents, materials, or testimony so designated shall be
fully subject to this Stipulation and Order as if it had been initially so designated; provided,
however, that the receiving party shall incur no liability for any previous treatment of such
information in conformance with its original designation.
15.

In the event a Producing Party produces two or more identical copies of a

document and any such copy is designated with a lesser degree of confidentiality than any other
copy, all such identical documents shall be treated in accordance with the most restrictive
designation on any copy once the inconsistent designation is known. The Producing Party shall
be responsible for informing the party receiving the inconsistently designated information of the
inconsistent designation; however, if any person subject to this Stipulation and Order receives

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such inconsistently designated information, and has actual knowledge of the inconsistent
designation, the person shall treat all copies in accordance with the most restrictive designation.
16.

In the event that a Producing Party inadvertently produces to any other party any

materials that are privileged or otherwise immune from discovery, in whole or in part, pursuant
to the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other applicable privilege, such
privileged materials may be retrieved by the Producing Party by giving written notice to all
parties to whom the Producing Party inadvertently provided copies of the produced privileged
materials of the claim of privilege and the identity of the documents inadvertently produced.
This notice must be provided within fifteen (15) business days of the date on which the
Producing Party becomes aware of the inadvertent production. Upon receipt of such notice, all
parties or other persons who have received a copy of the inadvertently produced materials shall
promptly return any and all copies of those materials to the Producing Party. The terms of this
paragraph shall not be deemed a waiver of a party’s right to challenge the Producing Party’s
designation of materials as privileged (provided, however, that any such challenge to the
designation may only be made following the return of such identified documents to the
Producing Party), nor shall such inadvertent production of any material that is subsequently
retrieved pursuant to this paragraph be deemed to be a waiver of the claim of privilege asserted.
No party shall use any inadvertently produced privileged materials in connection with this
Litigation or any related actions. Any party returning material to a Producing Party pursuant to
this paragraph may then move the Court for an Order compelling production of the material, but
said motion shall not assert as ground for entering such an Order that the Producing Party waived
any privilege because of the inadvertent production.
17.

The terms and provisions of this Protective Order are subject to modification,

extension or limitation as may be hereafter agreed upon by the parties in writing or by order of
this Court.
18.

Neither the approval of the form of this Protective Order or the execution of the

Protective Order by the Court shall operate as an admission against or otherwise prejudice any
contention of any party on any motion provided for herein or for any other purpose, nor shall it
be interpreted as a waiver of any party’s rights to seek modification from the Court of any or all
provisions of this Protective Order.

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19.

In the event additional parties join or are joined in this action, they shall not have

access to confidential information until the newly joined party, by its counsel, has executed and,
at the request of any party, filed with the Court, its agreement to be fully bound by and comply
with all terms of this Protective Order. This Protective Order shall also apply to documents or
other information produced or provided in this case by any non-party which agrees in writing to
be bound by and comply with all terms of this Protective Order.

DATED this 19th Day of October, 2012.

BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge

Prepared and Submitted by:
ENGLES, KETCHAM, OLSON & KEITH
1350 Woodmen Tower
Omaha, NE 68102
Phone: [phone]
Stephen G. Olson, II, #18949
Kristina (Pfeifer) Kamler, #24082

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EXHIBIT “A”

I hereby certify that I have carefully read the Protective Order entered in the
above-entitled case and I fully understand the terms of the Court Order. I recognize that I am
bound by the terms of that Order, and agree to comply with those terms.
Execute this ______day of ______________, 20__, at _________________________.

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(Signature)
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PRINT NAME
Name:

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Affiliation:

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Business Affiliation:

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Business Phone:

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Home Address:

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Home Phone:

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