Stanforth v. Mount Carmel Health System

Filing 10

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER and FRE 502(d) AND (e) STIPULATION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Terence P. Kemp on 4/25/2017. (agm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION

PAMELA STANFORTH,

Plaintiff,
v.
MT. CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM.
Defendant.

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Civil Action No.

2:17 cv 0050

MAGISTRATE JUDGE: KEMP

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND FRE 502(d) AND (e) STIPULATION
The parties hereto having stipulated to the entry of a Protective Order under Rule
26(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and it appearing to the Court that such an Order is
necessary, appropriate and will facilitate discovery, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1.

The parties hereby designate as "confidential" any documents which

Plaintiff or Defendant deem deserving of the protections of this Order.
documents:
(a)

Shall be disclosed by the parties to no one except the parties (for
defendant, Defendant’s designated representative in this litigation),
their attorneys (including staff, secretarial, and clerical personnel
of such counsel), and any experts or consultants retained by the
parties who have agreed to abide by the terms of this Protective
Order, and to witnesses in preparation for or at deposition, or to
witnesses in preparation for or at trial. In no event shall any
witness be permitted to retain a confidential document or any
copies thereof.

(b)

Shall be maintained in confidence by the parties, their attorneys,
experts, and consultants;

(c)

Shall be used only for the purpose of this litigation by the parties
and their attorneys, experts, and consultants; and,

(d)

Shall not otherwise be disclosed or used by the parties, their
attorneys, experts, and consultants.
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“Confidential”

2.

Any summaries or notes prepared from any document marked

“CONFIDENTIAL” are subject to the provisions of this Protective Order.
3.

The production of any document marked “CONFIDENTIAL” hereunder

shall not constitute a waiver by either party of its right to refuse to produce said document on any
grounds in any other litigation, or waiver by either party of its right to object to the admissibility
into evidence of any said document at trial, including the trial of the within action.
4.

This Order shall not be deemed to encompass documents or information

lawfully in the parties' possession prior to the filing of this action.
5.

The parties shall not file with the Court (except under seal in an envelope

marked with the caption of the case, a list of contents, and the following notation: "Contains
Confidential Information; To Be Opened Only By Or As Directed By The Court"), any
document, brief, pleading, discovery, or answers to discovery, including interrogatories, requests
to produce, or deposition transcripts, which contain Confidential documents or information from
the Confidential documents, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, or mutually agreed upon by
the parties.
6.

Should either party wish to file a document or electronic information

under seal for a determination of the claim of a privilege, trade secrets, personally identifying
information, or other protection, the party will abide by procedures prescribed in Local Rule
5.2.1(a), and seek leave from the Court prior to filing any document under seal. The Producing
Party shall preserve the documents or information until such claim is resolved. The Receiving
Party may not use or disclose the documents or information for any purpose until such claim is
resolved.
7.

At the conclusion of this suit, by judgment or otherwise, the confidential

documents, including those provided to experts or consultants as well as electronic information
produced, shall be returned to the Producing Party along with all copies thereof, at the written
request of the Producing Party.

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8.

Either party may bring before the Court, for ruling thereon, any problems

or difficulties which arise as a result of this Order, or for the purposes of modifying the Order, or
for an Order declaring documents or information designated Confidential by a party as not being
Confidential. Until the Court rules on any motion related to confidentiality, documents and
information designated as Confidential will remain Confidential under the terms of this Agreed
Protective Order.
FRE 502(d) and (e) STIPULATION
9.

In addition to the protections afforded under FRE 502(a) and (b) regarding

the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or
work product doctrine, the parties have agreed to stipulate to protect certain privileged and
otherwise protected documents, including electronically stored information and metadata
(collectively “Documents”), against claims of waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work
product protection, including due to inadvertent production in the event such protected materials
are produced during the course of this litigation, whether pursuant to Court Order, a party’s
discovery request or informal production.
10.

Both parties stipulate they are preserving and not waiving any evidentiary

protections or privileges applicable to the information contained in the Documents produced,
including as against third parties and in any other Federal and State proceedings. Toward this
end, and in addition to their stipulation under this Order and FRE 502(e), the parties are
stipulating to the additional protection under FRE 502(d) pursuant to this Order of the Court.
11.

This Stipulation and Order is designed to foreclose any arguments that any

disclosure or production of Documents or other information during this litigation that is subject
to a legally recognized claim of privilege, including without limitation the attorney-client
privilege, work-product doctrine, or other applicable privilege, such disclosure or production:
(a)

was not inadvertent by the Producing Party;

(b)

the Producing Party did not take reasonable steps to prevent the
disclosure of privileged Documents or information;
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(c)

the Producing Party did not take reasonable or timely steps to
rectify such Disclosure; and/or

(d)

such Disclosure acts as a waiver of applicable privileges or
protections associated with such Documents or information.

12.

THEREFORE, the parties hereto having stipulated to the entry of a

Protective Order under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, governing the
disclosure of Documents and information contained therein that is or pertains to “Confidential
Information” per the terms set forth herein, as well as an Order, pursuant to FRE 502, governing
the return of inadvertently produced Documents and data and affording them the protections of
FRE 502(d) and (e), on the terms set forth herein, and it appearing to the Court that such an
Order is necessary, appropriate and will facilitate discovery.

SO ORDERED AND STIPULATED TO THIS 25th DAY OF APRIL, 2017.

/s/ Terence P. Kemp
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
AGREED:
By: /s/ Samuel M. Schlein (per email on
4/6/17)
Samuel M. Schlein (0092194)
([e-mail])
John S. Marshall (0015160)
([e-mail])
Edward R. Forman (0076651)
([e-mail])
MARSHALL AND MORROW LLC
250 Civic Center Dr., Suite 480
Columbus, Ohio 43215-5296
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 614.463.9780

/s/Alison M. Day _____________
Kevin E. Griffith (0037297)
([e-mail])
Alison M. Day (0068060)
([e-mail])
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
21 East State Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 614.221.3301

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