Foster v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. et al

Filing 27

MINUTE ORDER granting parties' 26 Stipulated Motion re Confidential Information authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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NICLAS FOSTER, as Personal Representative
of the Estate of MEIKE FOSTER,

CASE NO. C17-1727-JCC
MINUTE ORDER

Plaintiff,
v.

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AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY,
INC., et al.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:

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This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion regarding

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confidential information (Dkt. No. 26). Finding good cause, the Court GRANTS the parties’

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motion (Dkt. No. 26) and ENTERS the following stipulation:

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STIPULATION

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The parties to this case wish to resolve—via stipulation and court order—a discovery
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dispute relating to the disclosure of names and contact information for certain Honda CR-V

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owners who contacted American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“AHM”) about a fire they experienced

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in a 2012-2016 Honda CR-V. Given Magistrate Donohue’s recent oral rulings in the Black v.

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Pride Mobility case (Case No. 2:15-cv-02008-TSZ), which was previously pending in the USDC

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for the Western District of Washington, AHM hereby agrees to immediately produce unredacted

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copies of the previously produced reports that contain those names and contact information for

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the list of vehicles identified in Ann O’Neil’s January 18, 2019 email to counsel for AHM, along

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with a privilege log pertaining to any information withheld. In exchange for this release of

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information, Plaintiff and his attorneys hereby agree that they will treat the unredacted reports

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and/or the consumer’s names and/or contact as confidential pursuant to this Court’s sharing
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order.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

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DATED:

2/5/2019

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By /s/ David J. Russell
David J. Russell, WSBA #17289
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, WA 98101
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
SCHROETER GOLDMARK & BENDER

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DATED:

2/5/2019

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By /s/ Peter O’Neil
Thomas J. Breen, WSBA #34574
Peter O’Neil, WSBA #28198
Kristin Houser, WSBA #7286
810 Third Avenue, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98104
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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DATED this 6th day of February 2019.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Tomas Hernandez
Deputy Clerk

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