Carey v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company et al

Filing 74

PROTECTIVE ORDER regarding the collection of water samples from the Fayetteville Works Facility - Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 6/1/2018. (Briggeman, N.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
BRENT NIX, et al.
Plaintiffs,

v.
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, et

al.,
Defendants.

CAPE FEAR PUBLIC UTILITY
AUTHORITY,
Plaintiff,

v.
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, et

al.,
Defendants.

ROGER MORTON, etal.,
Plaintiffs,

v.
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No.: 7:17-CV-00189-D

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Case No.: 7:17-CV-00195-D

Case No.: 7:17-CV-00197-D

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VICTORIA CAREY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND
COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No.: 7:17-CV-00201-D

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BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Plaintiff,
v.
DOWDUPONT, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

Case No.: 7:17-CV-00209-D

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PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF
WATER SAMPLES FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE WORKS FACILITY

Pursuant to the Court's May 25, 2018 Order, the parties submit this proposed Protective
Order addressing and governing the Plaintiffs' three sampling events ("Sampling Events") at the
Chemours Fayetteville Works facility (the "Facility").
The following provisions shall apply to all Plaintiffs and their counsel in the abovecaptioned actions ("Actions"), as well as to their consultants, laboratories and any third party
involved in the collection, analysis or permitted use of the information set forth in Paragraph 2.

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Plaintiffs will be permitted to sample each ofthe five (5) process streams on three

(3) separate occasions.

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2.

Plaintiffs' use of information obtained by virtue of the Sampling Events

(including, but not limited to, the analytical results and data analysis of the Sampling Events),
shall be solely for: (i) the litigation of the claims and/or potential future claims in the Actions;
(ii) any appeal therefrom; and (iii) in the case of the water authorities, conducting pilot studies
for purposes of evaluating treatment technologies with respect to the Cape Fear Public Utility
Authority and Brunswick County plaintiffs. Plaintiffs shall not disseminate information obtained
pursuant to the Sampling Events for any other purpose, absent leave of Court. In the event
Plaintiffs intend to include information obtained from the Sampling Events in any Court
proceeding, such information will be submitted under seal pursuant to the Court's local rules or
as otherwise directed by the Court.
3.

Photography and videography shall be allowed to document the Sampling Events.

No videotaping or photography shall be taken of anything other than the recording of the
physical process of the personnel collecting and handing the samples to Plaintiffs.

Said

photography and videography shall only be used for the litigation and shall be deeme<;l
"confidential" and shall only be shared with consultants, and experts, absent leave of court. A
copy of said photography and videography shall be provided to Defendants. There shall be no
interviews or other communications with any Facility employee or other on-site personnel during
the Sampling Events.
4.

All parties, i.e., both Plaintiffs and Defendants, agree, without undue delay, to

exchange the full analytical results and methods from each of their respective laboratories (after
standard quality assurance I quality control (QA/QC) practices) for each sample and each
analyte. The parties agree to mutually and simultaneously exchange the sampling results for

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each of the three separate sampling dates after all parties are in possession of the analytical
results from their respective laboratories.
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Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall wa1ve any arguments and

defenses the parties may have as to the admissibility, weight, integrity, and interpretation of the
analytical results if offered as evidence in these Actions or any other legal proceeding.
SO ORDERED. This _I_ day of June, 2018.
JAS c. DEVER III
Chief United States District Judge

Respectfully submitted by:

Dated: June 1, 2018

Is/ George W. House

Is/ John K. Sherk

Joseph A. Ponzi
N.C. State Bar No. 36999
George W. House
N.C. State Bar No. 7426
William P .H. Cary
N.C. State Bar No. 7651
V. Randall Tinsley
N.C. State BarNo. 14429
BROOKS, PIERCE, McLENDON
HUMPHREY & LEONARD, L.L.P.
P.O. Box 26000
Greensboro, NC 27420-6000
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

John K. Sherk III
CA State Bar. No. 295838
SHOOK, HARDY AND BACON, LLP
One Montgomery, Suite 2700
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Kenileth J. Reilly
FL State Bar No. 157082
SHOOK, HARDY AND BACON, LLP
201 S. Biscayne Boulevard
3200 Miami Center
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiff Cape Fear
Public Utility Authority

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J. Harold Seagle
N.C. State Bar No. 8017

Mark D. Anstoetter
MO State Bar No. 47638

SEAGLE LAW

SHOOK, HARDY AND BACON, LLP

P.O. Box 15307
Asheville, NC 28813
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

2555 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Scott Summy
N.C. State Bar No. 27171
Cary McDougal (Pro Hac Vice)
TX State Bar No. 13569600
·Stephen Johnston (Pro Hac Vice)
TX State Bar No. 00796839
M. Cristina Sanchez (Pro Hac Vice)
TX State Bar No. 24041856
Brett D.' Land (Pro Hac Vice)
TX State Bar No. 24092664

Is/ Stephen D. Feldman
Jonathan D. Sasser
N.C. State Bar No. 10028
Stephen D. Feldman
N.C. State Bar. No. 34940

ELLIS &WINTERS LLP
4131 Parklake Avenue
Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Stephen.F [e-mail]

BARON & BUDD, P.C.
3102 Oak Lawn Avenue
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75219-4281
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

Counsel for Defendants

Attorneys for Plaintiff Brunswick
County and Cape Fear Public Utility
Authority

Theodore J. Leopold

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS
&TOLLPLLC
2925 PGA Boulevard
Suite 220
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Jay Chaudhuri
N.C. Bar No. 27747
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS
&TOLLPLLC
150 Fayetteville Street
Suite 980
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Andrew Whiteman
N.C. Bar No. 9523
WHITEMAN LAW'FIRM
5400 Glenwood A venue
Suite 225
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
S. Douglas Bunch
Douglas J. McNamara
Jamie Bowers
Alison Deich
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS
&TOLLPLLC
1100NewYorkAvenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Vineet Bhatia
SUSMAN GODFREY, L.L.P.
1000 Louisiana Street
Suite 5100
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Stephen Morrissey
Jordan Connors
Steven Seigel
SUSMAN GODFREY, L.L.P.
1201 Third Avenue
Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
sseigel@susmangodfrey .com
Gary W. Jackson
N.C. Bar No. 13976
THE LAW OFFICES OF
JAMES SCOTT FARRIN, P.C.
280 South Mangum Street
Suite 400
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Neal H. Weinfield
THE DEDENDUM GROUP
1956 Cloverdale Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Carey, Morton, and
Nix

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