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JACKSON LEWIS P.C.
JAMES T. JONES (SBN 167967)
2 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600
Sacramento, Califomia 95814
3 Telephone: (916)341-0404
Facsimile: (916)341-0141
4 Email: )ames.iones(a)J acksonlewis.com
FILED/ENDORSED
5 JACKSON LEWIS P.C.
BENJAMIN A. MAINS (SBN 274056)
6 50 Califomia Street, 9* Floor AUG - 5 2022
San Francisco, Califomia94111
7 Telephone: (415)394-9400 By: H. PFMFLTON
Deputy Clerk
Facsimile: (415)394-9401
8 Email: beniamin.mains@iacksonlewis.com
9 Attomeys for Defendant
LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
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11 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
12 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
13 SAJIDA ZAMAN, CASENO. 34-2019-00252121-CU-WT-GDS
14 Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF JAMES T. JONES
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S
15 vs. OBJECTIONS TO PLAINTIFF'S
LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, and DOES 1 EVIDENCE AND IN SUPPORT OF
16 DEFENDANT'S R E P L Y TO
through 20, inclusive,
17 DEFENDANT LIQUI-BOX
Defendants. CORPORATION'S MOTION FOR
18 SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR
SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF
19 ISSUES
20 Date: August 10, 2022
Time: 1:30 p.m.
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22 Reservation No. 2644651 BY FAX
23 Complaint Filed: March 8, 2019
Trial Date: September 12, 2022
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25 I, JAMES T. JONES, declare and state as follows:
26 1. I am an attomey at law duly licensed to practice in all courts of the State of
27 Califomia. I am a principal in the law firm of Jackson Lewis P.C, attomeys of record for
28 Defendant Liqui-Box Corporation in the above-captioned action. I have personal knowledge of
DECL OF JAMES T. JONES ISO DEF'S OBJECTIONS TO PL'S EVIDENCE AND ISO DEF'S REPLY TO DBF'S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES
1 the matters set forth below, and if called upon as a witness, I could and would competently testify
2 as follow.
3 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are tme and correct copies of excerpts from
4 the deposition of Angela Kenyon taken in this case on January 28, 2021.
5 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B are tme and correct copies of excerpts from
6 the deposition of Angela Beard taken in this case on May 27, 2022.
7 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C are true and correct copies of an email string
8 between me and opposing counsel wherein opposing counsel repeatedly refused to provide
9 defense counsel with an agreed upon form of an electronic version of Plaintiffs Separate
10 Statement of Undisputed Facts and refused to provide defense counsel with the electronic version
11 of Separate Statement of Undisputed Facts that was used to create the Separate Statement of
12 Undisputed Facts Plaintiff filed with the Court. I repeatedly informed Plaintiffs counsel that they
13 were in violation of Califomia Rule of Court 3.1350, but they refused to provide an electronic
14 version as required by the Rule.
15 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are true and correct copies of excerpts from
16 the deposition of Sajida Zaman taken in this case on June 28, 2022. Plaintiff Sajida Zaman has
17 claimed that she does not fluently speak or understand English. In her deposition, on multiple
18 occasions, Plaintiff testified, " I do not know English" (38:4; 39:6-16; 136:15); she further
19 testified, "all papers written in English look the same to me" (42:6); and "the interpreter is here
20 because I need help in interpreting into Urdu and English" (72:12); 80:15-84-22 and Ex. 3
21 thereto; 105:20-110:18.
22 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is trae and correct copy of the transcript of
23 Plaintiffs deposition from her Workers Compensation case (Case No. ADJ 120180145), taken
24 September 20, 2019.
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DECL OF JAMES T. JONES ISO DEF'S OBJECTIONS TO PL'S EVIDENCE AND ISO DEF'S REPLY TO DEF'S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES
1 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is tme and correct copy of the Workers'
2 Compensation Claim Form (DWC 1) dated January 3, 2019, signed by Plaintiff, and Bates
3 numbered LBC000883, which was produced in discovery to Plaintiff and her counsel.
4 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of Califomia, that the
5 foregoing is trae and correct.
6 Executed August 5, 2022, in Sacramento, Califomia.
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFIED COPY
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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4 SAJIDA ZAMAN, Case N o .
34-2019-00252121
5 Plaintiff,
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7 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION,
and DOES 1 t h r o u g h 20,
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V i d e o t a p e d D e p o s i t i o n o f ANGELA KENYON
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(310) 207-8000 Century City (408) 885-0550 San J o s e (760) 322-2240 Palm S p r i n g s (800) 222-1231 C a r i s b a d
(916) 922-5777 Sacramento (800) 222-1231 Martinez (702) 366-0500 Las Vegas (800)222-1231 M o n t e r e y
(951) 686-0606 Riverside (818) 702-0202 W o o d l a n d Hills (702) 366-0500 H e n d e r s o n (516) 277-9494 G a r d e n City
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(312) 379-5566 Chicago 00+1+800 222 1231 Paris 00+1+800 222 1231 Dubai 001+1+800 222 1231 H o n g K o n g
11:46 1 MR. JONES: Compound.
11:46 2 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: W e l l , l e t ' s t a k e i t one
3 by one. What i s t h e AS 1059 Employee Report?
11:47 4 A The AS 1059 Employee Report, I'm n o t as
5 familiar with. I think that's a plant-specific
6 document where t h e employee can r e p o r t t h e i r near miss.
7 But I would have t o l o o k a t t h a t p a r t i c u l a r document i n
8 o r d e r t o answer t h a t q u e s t i o n more c o m p l e t e l y .
11:47 9 Q Okay. What i s t h e 4 Panel Review?
11:47 10 A The 4 Panel Review i s a document t h a t we use
11 t o i n v e s t i g a t e an i n j u r y o r a near miss, and I can
12 p r o v i d e a more complete answer i f I am a b l e t o l o o k a t
13 t h a t document.
11:47 14 Q Okay. As p a r t o f t h e 4 Four Panel Review,
15 when t h e y a r e c o n d u c t i n g an i n v e s t i g a t i o n -- when
16 L i q u i - B o x employees a r e p e r f o r m i n g an i n v e s t i g a t i o n
17 pursuant t o t h i s p o l i c y , a r e t h e y c o n d u c t i n g an
18 i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o determine i f d i s c i p l i n e should be
19 made?
11:47 2 0 A The i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s b e i n g conducted t o
21 determine what caused t h e i n j u r y o r near miss.
11:47 2 2 Q Okay.
11:48 2 3 A And what f u t u r e a c t i o n s need t o be t a k e n .
11:48 2 4 Q And once t h a t i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s complete, what
25 steps does L i q u i - B o x t h e n undertake?
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11:48 1 MR. JONES: I t ' s overbroad.
11:48 2 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Go ahead.
11:48 3 THE WITNESS: F o l l o w i n g t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n and
4 the 4 Panel Review, L i q u i - B o x t h e n g e t s t h e s i t e
5 l e a d e r s h i p t o be t o g e t h e r , which would c o n s i s t of the
6 p l a n t manager, t h e HR manager and t h e s a f e t y manager,
7 as w e l l as myself and c h i e f o p e r a t i n g o f f i c e r , t o
8 review t h e i n c i d e n t and t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n f i n d i n g s , and
9 t h e n determine i f any d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n needs t o be
10 t a k e n , o r i f any s a f e t y procedures need t o be a d j u s t e d
11 or i f t h e r e i s any f a u l t y equipment t h a t needs t o be
12 fixed.
11:48 13 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Okay. Then l e t ' s move on
14 t o , l e t ' s see, t h e document t i t l e d AS 1059.
15 I n v e s t i g a t i o n Report.
11:49 16 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: Okay.
11:49 17 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Thanks.
11:49 18 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: And t h i s will
19 be E x h i b i t 8.
11:49 20 1049 o r 1059?
11:49 21 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: 1059.
11:49 22 ( P l a i n t i f f ' s E x h i b i t 8 was marked
11:49 23 f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n by t h e E x h i b i t Manager
11:49 24 and i s attached hereto.)
11:50 25 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: Okay. It's
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11:53 1 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Ms. Kenyon, do you
2 recognize t h i s document?
11:53 3_ A I have g o t i t now I t h i n k . Yeah. Yes, I
4 r e c o g n i z e t h i s document.
11:53 _5 Q Okay. What i s t h i s document?
11:54 6 A T h i s i s o u r s t a n d a r d 4 Panel Review.
11:54 2 Q Okay. I see a t t h e t o p i t says. Disciplinary
8 Review. So a r e a l l EHS reviews disciplinary?
11:54 9 A I'm n o t sure why i t says "Disciplinary
10 Review." We -- a l l o f o u r 4 Panel Reviews use t h a t
11 document.
11:54 12 Q Okay. And I b e l i e v e t h i s was r e f e r e n c e d i n
13 the AS 1025 p o l i c y , c o r r e c t , t h a t was l a b e l e d E x h i b i t
14 7?
11:54 15 MR. JONES: Documents speak f o r themselves. 1
16 t h i n k she would have t o be shown t h a t document t o know
17 what i s i n ' t h e r e .
11:54 18 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: W e l l , l e t me ask i t
19 again. When an employee g e t s i n j u r e d on t h e j o b , t h e y
20 have b o t h t h e AS-1059 form f i l l e d o u t and as w e l l as an
11:54 21 EHS Review conducted, c o r r e c t ?
11:54 2 2 A Yes, b o t h s h o u l d be done.
11:54 23 Q Okay. But t h e EHS i s n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y always
24 disciplinary, i s i t ?
11:55 2 5 A No, I'm n o t sure why i t says t h a t .
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1 DEPOSITION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
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4 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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6 I , CHERYL L. MARQUIS, hereby c e r t i f y :
7 I am a d u l y q u a l i f i e d C e r t i f i e d Shorthand
8 Reporter i n the State of C a l i f o r n i a , holder of
9 C e r t i f i c a t e Number CSR 6731, i s s u e d by t h e Court
10 Reporters Board o f C a l i f o r n i a and which i s i n f u l l
11 f o r c e and e f f e c t . (Bus. & P r o f . S e c t i o n 8016.)
12 I am n o t f i n a n c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n this action
13 and am n o t a r e l a t i v e o r employee o f any a t t o r n e y o f
14 the parties, o r o f any o f t h e p a r t i e s . (Civ. Proc.
15 Section 2025.320(a)).
16 I am a u t h o r i z e d t o a d m i n i s t e r oaths o r
17 affirmations pursuant t o California Code o f C i v i l
18 Procedure, S e c t i o n 2093(b) and p r i o r t o b e i n g examined,
19 t h e deponent was f i r s t p l a c e d under o a t h o r a f f i r m a t i o n
20 by me. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 2025.320, 2025.540(a))
21 I am t h e d e p o s i t i o n o f f i c e r t h a t
22 s t e n o g r a p h i c a l l y recorded t h e t e s t i m o n y i n t h e
23 f o r e g o i n g d e p o s i t i o n and t h e f o r e g o i n g t r a n s c r i p t i s a
24 true record of the testimony given. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n
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1 I have n o t , and s h a l l n o t , o f f e r o r p r o v i d e
2 any s e r v i c e s o r p r o d u c t s t o any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r
3 t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f t h e a c t i o n
4 w i t h o u t f i r s t o f f e r i n g same t o a l l p a r t i e s o r t h e i r
5 a t t o r n e y s a t t e n d i n g t h e d e p o s i t i o n and making same
6 a v a i l a b l e a t t h e same time t o a l l p a r t i e s o r t h e i r
7 attorneys. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 2025.320 ( b ) )
8 I s h a l l n o t p r o v i d e any s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t
9 consisting of the deposition o f f i c e r ' s notations or
10 comments r e g a r d i n g t h e demeanor o f any w i t n e s s ,
11 a t t o r n e y , o r p a r t y p r e s e n t a t t h e d e p o s i t i o n t o any
12 p a r t y o r any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s
13 financing a l l or part of the action, nor s h a l l I
14 c o l l e c t any p e r s o n a l i d e n t i f y i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about t h e
15 w i t n e s s as a s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t t o be p r o v i d e d t o any
16 p a r t y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFIED COPY
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
SAJIDA ZAMAN,
Plaintiff,
vs. Case No. 34-2019-00252121
LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, and
DOES 1 t h r o u g h 20,
inclusive,
Defendants.
D e p o s i t i o n o f ANGELA BEARD
May 27, 2022
KAYLA KNOWLES, CSR No. 14071
483778 BARKLEY
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(916) 922-5777 Sacramento (800) 222-1231 Martinez (702) 366-0500 Las Vegas (800) 222-1231 Monterey
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1 was t r a i n e d , as f a r as you know, w i t h r e g a r d t o
2 lockout/tagout? When was t h e f i r s t time t h a t t h a t became
3 the rule?
4 A What year?
5 Q Sure, yeah.
6 A Again, i t had t o have been e i t h e r 2017 o r 2018.
7 '19, '20 -- p r o b a b l y '18. 2018, I'm t h i n k i n g .
8 Q Yeah, and we're -- we're g e t t i n g ready f o r --
9 we're g e t t i n g c l o s e t o a break, I b e l i e v e , because we
10 c o u l d --we w i l l take a b r i e f break s h o r t l y . So -- b u t
11 l e t ' s c o n t i n u e f o r another few minutes, i f t h a t ' s okay.
12 So d i d you ever observe any v i o l a t i o n s o f
13 lockout/tagout?
14 A Yes.
15 MR. JONES: And c a l l s f o r -- c a l l s f o r o p i n i o n
16 testimony.
17 BY MR. TORABI:
18 Q When you say you observed l o c k o u t / t a g o u t , was i t
19 your o p i n i o n t h a t i t was -- t h a t i t was a v i o l a t i o n ? Or
20 a r e you basing t h a t on some a c t u a l o b s e r v a t i o n o f what was
21 happening?
22 MR. JONES: W e l l , t h a t -- t h a t , again, c a l l s f o r
23 an o p i n i o n .
24 BY MR. TORABI:
25 Q You can go ahead.
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1 A Actual observations. There were two,
2 MR. JONES: Why don't we g e t -- why don't we g e t
3^ a d e s c r i p t i o n of the actual observation.
4 MR. TORABI: Please.
_5 MR. JONES: We can decide f o r o u r s e l v e s whether
6_ o r not i t ' s a v i o l a t i o n .
7 MR. TORABI: Okay.
8 THE WITNESS: Okay. I came i n my h a l f hour e a r l y
9_ on my s h i f t t o do my p r e v e n t i v e maintenance, t o g e t t h e
10 machine ready. And i n o r d e r f o r me t o do t h a t , I have t o
11 walk around t h e machine t o t h e c o n t r o l panel t o p u t my
12 l o c k on i t because I can't do a n y t h i n g unless I'm locked
13 o u t . And as I t u r n e d t h e corner, I saw someone underneath
14 my machine, and he was a maintenance person, and I looked
15 t o t h e c o n t r o l console, which i s r i g h t -- r i g h t t h e r e by
16 h i s shoes, by h i s f e e t , and t h e r e was no l o c k on i t .
17 BY MR. TORABI:
18 Q Do you remember who t h a t was?
19 A H i s name was Fred.
20 Q Okay. And d i d you take any a c t i o n a f t e r t h a t ?
21 A I y e l l e d a t him and t o l d him, "You needed t o l o c k
22 o u t , " and he i g n o r e d me, and I had no choice. I had t o
23 r e p o r t i t t o management, and he g o t t e r m i n a t e d . I felt
24 h o r r i b l e about i t , b u t I -- a t t h a t p o i n t , I f e l t t h a t , i f
25 I d i d n ' t r e p o r t i t , t h a t I c o u l d be i n v i o l a t i o n f o r n o t
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1 reporting i t ; so I had t o .
2 Q Why d i d you f e e l l i k e you c o u l d be i n v i o l a t i o n
3_ f o r not reporting i t ? Was t h a t something you were t r a i n e d
4 i n , o r was t h a t some o t h e r basis?
5^ A You know, I don't -- I don't r e a l l y know. I t was
6_ just a feeling. I am not sure i f i t was something t h a t
2 was t o l d t o us. I'm n o t sure.
8^ Q Do you remember any s a f e t y t r a i n i n g s t h a t you
9_ r e c e i v e d r e g a r d i n g something c a l l e d t h e c r i t i c a l safety
10 b e h a v i o r s a t Liqui-Box?
11 A Yes.
12 Q I f you would k i n d l y t u r n t o E x h i b i t -- a c t u a l l y ,
13 l e t ' s j u s t pause f o r j u s t a b r i e f moment b e f o r e we go t o
14 the e x h i b i t .
15 Can we t a k e , l i k e , a t h r e e , f o u r - m i n u t e break?
16 I s t h a t okay w i t h you?
17 A Uh-huh.
18 MR. TORABI: Counsel?
19 MR. JONES: W e l l , Counsel, I g o t t o g e t a sense
20 o f , l i k e , what your t i m i n g i s f o r t o n i g h t because --
21 MR. TORABI: We j u s t need t h r e e minutes t o --
22 t h a t ' s e x a c t l y what I'm g o i n g t o f i g u r e out over t h e next
23 t h r e e minutes o r so; so I j u s t want t o go o f f t h e r e c o r d
24 f o r t h r e e minutes.
25 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We are o f f t h e r e c o r d a t
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1 DEPOSITION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
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6 I , KAYLA KNOWLES, hereby c e r t i f y :
7 I am a d u l y q u a l i f i e d C e r t i f i e d Shorthand
8 Reporter i n t h e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a , h o l d e r o f
9 C e r t i f i c a t e Number CSR 14071, i s s u e d by t h e Court
10 Reporters Board o f C a l i f o r n i a and which i s i n f u l l
11 f o r c e and e f f e c t . (Bus. & Prof. S. 8016)
12 I am n o t f i n a n c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h i s
13 a c t i o n and am n o t a r e l a t i v e o r employee o f any
14 a t t o r n e y o f t h e p a r t i e s o r o f any o f t h e p a r t i e s .
15 (Civ. Proc. 2025.320(a))
16 I am a u t h o r i z e d t o a d m i n i s t e r oaths o r
17 a f f i r m a t i o n s pursuant t o C a l i f o r n i a Code o f C i v i l
18 Procedure, S e c t i o n 2093(b), and p r i o r t o b e i n g
19 examined, t h e w i t n e s s was f i r s t p l a c e d under o a t h o r
20 a f f i r m a t i o n by me. (Civ. Proc. 2025.320, 2025.540(a))
21 I am t h e d e p o s i t i o n o f f i c e r t h a t
22 s t e n o g r a p h i c a l l y recorded t h e t e s t i m o n y i n t h e
23 f o r e g o i n g d e p o s i t i o n , and t h e f o r e g o i n g t r a n s c r i p t
24 i s a true record of the testimony given. (Civ. Proc.
25 2025.540(a))
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1 I have n o t and s h a l l n o t o f f e r o r p r o v i d e
2 any s e r v i c e s o r p r o d u c t s t o any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r
3 t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f t h e
4 action without first offering same t o a l l p a r t i e s
5 o r t h e i r a t t o r n e y s a t t e n d i n g t h e d e p o s i t i o n and
6 making same a v a i l a b l e a t t h e same t i m e to a l l
7 parties or t h e i r attorneys. ( C i v . Proc. 2025.320(b))
8 I shall not provide any s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t
9 consisting of the deposition o f f i c e r ' s notations or
10 comments r e g a r d i n g t h e demeanor o f any w i t n e s s ,
11 a t t o r n e y , o r p a r t y p r e s e n t a t t h e d e p o s i t i o n t o any
12 p a r t y o r any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s
13 financing a l l or part of the action, nor shall I
14 collect any p e r s o n a l i d e n t i f y i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about
15 the witness as a s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t t o be provided
16 t o any p a r t y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r
17 part of the action. ( C i v . Proc. 2025.320(c))
18
19 D a t e d : June 14, 2 022
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EXHIBIT C
From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:19 PM
To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi ; Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) ; Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco)
Subjea: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
You get to pick your path. I get to make my motions. I think you have not complied. But its up to the judge, not either
of us, to call the shot. Only time will tell.
James T. Jones
Attorney at Law
J a c k s o n Lewis P . C .
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404
James.Jones(S)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com
From: Joshua Falakassa
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:16 PM
To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) ; Arash Khosrowshahi ;
Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) ; Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco)
Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
James,
I am not quite sure how that works, and in any case, I never agreed to send the word format due to concerns with the
meta data and work product as mentioned.
Why don't you just convert the PDF document using OCR text recognition? This is your burden, not mine and as far as I
am concerned, we have already complied with Rule 3.1350.
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From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:10 PM
To: Arash Khosrowshahi ; Joshua Falakassa ; Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) : Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco)
Subject: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
3.1350 says the format o f t h e electronic document has to be agreed upon. The purpose o f t h e rule is to allow us to
easily work with the document without having to do conversions and formatting that can be easily eliminated by deliver
of an electronic version that can be worked with. Delivering us a pdf is no more useful than giving us a paper document
that we turn into a pdf ourselves.
You can scrub the Word version. Please do so and provide it by noon tomorrow. Our position is that your pdf is not
compliant with the CRC. Why can't you scrub it and send it in Word?
James T. Jones
o Attorney at Law
J a c k s o n Lewis P . C .
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404
James.Jones(a>iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com
From: Arash Khosrowshahi
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 4:34 PM
To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Cc: Joshua Falakassa : Kasra Torabi ; Asano, Kelly H.
(Sacramento) : Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco)
Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
James,
Echoing what Josh stated, you were served an electronic version of the separate statement last week in tandem with the
personal service of the separate statement, and the Rule of Court allows us three days of providing an electronic version
o f t h e separate statement upon your request. Vou made your request yesterday, meaning that our obligation to provide
it to you (even though you already have a copy) is this Friday, not noon tomorrow.
Regards,
Arash "Ash" Khosrowshahi, Esq. (he/hIm)
Liberty Man Law, P.C.
1010 F Street, Ste. 300
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel.: (916) 573-0469
Fax: (866) 700-0787
ash(g)Hbertvma nlaw.com
www.libertymanlaw.com
"The victorious win and then go to war, the defeated go to war and then seek to win." ~ Sun Tzu
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM Jones, James T. (Sacramento) wrote:
Counsel,
Have you provided an electronic version of your Separate Statement as required by California Rules of Court, Rule
3.1350(1)? If we do not have one by noon tomorrow, we will be forced to make a motion to strike your Separate
Statement.
James T. Jones
o Attorney at Law
J a c k s o n Lewis P . C .
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404
James.Jones(g)iacksonlewis.com | vww.iacksonlewis.com
From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:31 PM
To: Arash Khosrowshahi ; Joshua Falakassa ; Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento)
Subject: Separate Statement Word document - please provide it by no later than 9 a.m. tomorrow
Counsel,
My Legal Assistant, Kelly Asano, has been requesting the Word version of your separate statement. We provided ours to
you promptly. Please do the same for Kelly. She is a very busy, hard-working person and we would appreciate the
courtesy of a polite, timely response.
James T. Jones
o Attorney at Law
Jackson Lewis P.C.
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404
James. JonesOjjacksonlewis.com 1 www.iacksoniewis.com
From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:06 PM
To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi ; Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento)
Subject: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
Please explain how you used a pdf version to prepare your separate statement to file with the court?
James T. Jones
o Attorney at Law
J a c k s o n Lewis P.C.
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404
James.Jones(q)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com
From: Joshua Falakassa
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:46 PM
To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) ; Arash Khosrowshahi :
Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento)
Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
James,
We used both word and pdf versions to prepare the document filed with the court. However, the latest version ofthe
document we used to file with the court was the pdf version, which you already have. Unfortunately, I cannot risk
divulging the meta data and waiving the work product privilege just for your convenience.
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From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento)
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:29 PM
To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi : Kasra Torabi
Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento)
Subject: FW: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350
I am confident the pdf was not "the electronic version of the separate statement that [you] used to prepare the
document filed with the court." Since there is not agreement, you are "must provide" that version.
(1) Request for electronic version of separate statement
On request, a party must within three days provide to any other party or the court an electronic versiqn^of its
separate statement. The electronic version may be provided in any form on which the parties agree. If thei_
parties are unable to agree on the form, the responding party must provide to the requesting party the electronic
version of the separate statement that it used to prepare! the document filed with the court. Under this
subdivision, a party is not required to create an electronic version or any new version of any document for the
purpose of transmission to the requesting party
James T. Jones
o Attorney at Law
Jackson Lewis P.C.
400 Capitol Mall
Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Direct (916) 288-3020 j Main: (916) 341-0404
James.Jones(a)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com
EXHIBIT D
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1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
3 oOo
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5 SAJIDA ZAMAN,
6 Plaintiff(s),
7 v. No. 34-2019-00252121
8 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, AND DOES
1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE,
Defendant(s).
10
11
12 VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF
13 SAJIDA ZAMAN
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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2 022
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20 Reported by:
KAREN A. URBANO, CSR L i c e n s e No. 6 698
21 Registered Professional Reporter
Job No. CS5288990
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1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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4 SAJIDA ZAMAN,
5 Plaintiff(s),
6 V. No. 34-2019-00252121
7 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, AND DOES
1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE,
Defendant(s).
9 /
10 BE I T REMEMBERED t h a t on TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022,
11 commencing a t t h e h o u r o f 10:15 a.m., a t t h e o f f i c e s
12 of JACKSON LEWIS, 400 C a p i t o l M a l l , S u i t e 1600,
13 Sacramento, C a l i f o r n i a 95814, b e f o r e me, KAREN A.
14 URBANO, a C e r t i f i e d S h o r t h a n d R e p o r t e r , L i c e n s e No.
15 6698, t h e r e p e r s o n a l l y appeared
16 ANIL MEHTA, INTERPRETER
17 who was b y me f i r s t d u l y sworn t o i n t e r p r e t E n g l i s h t o
18 Urdu and Urdu t o E n g l i s h t o t h e b e s t o f h i s a b i l i t y ;
19 and
20 SAJIDA ZAMAN
21 c a l l e d as a w i t n e s s h e r e i n ; and a f t e r h a v i n g been
22 first d u l y sworn t o t e l l t h e t r u t h , t h e whole truth
23 and n o t h i n g b u t t h e t r u t h , was examined and t e s t i f i e d
24 as f o l l o w s .
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1 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , vague as t o
2 "finished" i n t h e c o n t e x t o f someone t h a t d o e s n ' t read
3 English. " F i n i s h e d l o o k i n g " makes no sense.
4 THE WITNESS: I do n o t know E n g l i s h .
5 Q. BY MR. JONES: You d o n ' t r e a d E n g l i s h ?
6 A. J u s t a l i t t l e b i t , n o t much.
7 Q. Could y o u t u r n t h e second page?
8 A. (Witness indicating.)
9 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please?
10 A. (Witness indicating.)
11 Q. Could y o u t u r n t o t h e t h i r d page?
12 A. (Witness indicating.)
13 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please?
14 A. (Witness indicating.)
15 Q. Could y o u t u r n t o t h e n e x t page?
16 A. (Witness indicating.)
17 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please?
18 A. (Witness indicating.)
19 Q. Could y o u t u r n t h e n e x t page?
20 A. (Witness indicating.)
21 Q. Now, p l e a s e t a k e as much t i m e as y o u t h i n k
22 you need t o l o o k a t t h e document f r o m t h e f r o n t t o t h e
23 back. And, when you've l o o k e d a t i t s u f f i c i e n t l y t o
24 l e t me know whether o r n o t you've seen i t b e f o r e , let
25 me know t h a t you've f i n i s h e d l o o k i n g a t i t .
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1 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , vague as t o
2 "sufficiently." S u f f i c i e n t l y t o have r e a d i t
3 o b v i o u s l y w o u l d n ' t make any sense, b u t s u f f i c i e n t l y as
4 t o what? S u f f i c i e n t l y as t o s a t i s f y h a v i n g l o o k e d a t
5 it now o r what? So i t ' s vague as t o t h a t word.
6 THE WITNESS: I do n o t know E n g l i s h .
7 Q. BY MR. JONES: Have y o u seen t h e document
8 before?
9 MR. TORABI: The o b j e c t i o n i s t h a t i t c a l l s
10 f o r s p e c u l a t i o n as t o w h e t h e r t h i s document, w h i c h t h e
11 w i t n e s s a l r e a d y t e s t i f i e d she c a n n o t r e a d t h i s
12 document i n E n g l i s h , w h e t h e r she's seen t h i s
13 particular document before.
14 THE WITNESS: My a t t o r n e y ' s r i g h t .
15 Q. BY MR. JONES: R i g h t a b o u t what?
16 A. T h a t I d o n ' t know E n g l i s h .
17 Q. I'm n o t a s k i n g i f y o u know E n g l i s h .
18 A. Then how w o u l d I know what's w r i t t e n i n t h e s e
19 papers?
20 Q. I'm j u s t a s k i n g i f you've seen them b e f o r e .
21 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , a r g u m e n t a t i v e , and I
22 w i l l n o t e f o r t h e r e c o r d a l l t h e p l e a d i n g s i n a case
23 l o o k a l i k e t o someone who d o e s n ' t u n d e r s t a n d how t o
24 r e a d t h e s u b s t a n c e o f them.
25 So y o u ' r e a s k i n g t h e i m p o s s i b l e t o
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1 this." A l l o f them l o o k l i k e t h i s t o someone who
2 d o e s n ' t speak E n g l i s h o r r e a d E n g l i s h . A l l pleadings
3 l o o k t h e same. So i t ' s vague and asked and answered
4 at t h i s p o i n t .
5 THE WITNESS: Yeah, t h a t ' s what I'm s a y i n g .
6 A l l p a p e r s w r i t t e n i n E n g l i s h l o o k t h e same t o me.
7 Q. BY MR. JONES: Okay. J u s t f o r me t o see i f I
8 can sum i t a l l up. You do n o t know i f y o u e v e r saw
9 E x h i b i t 1 b e f o r e , do you?
10 A. No.
11 Q. D i d y o u do a n y t h i n g t o f i n d documents t o
12 b r i n g w i t h you t o t h e d e p o s i t i o n today?
13 MR. TORABI: Objection, calls f o r
14 a t t o r n e y - c l i e n t p r i v i l e g e d communications. And, t o
15 the e x t e n t t h a t you d i d a n y t h i n g o u t s i d e o f those
16 c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h y o u r a t t o r n e y , o u t s i d e o f any
17 sessions w i t h y o u r a t t o r n e y , o u t s i d e o f any
18 conferences w i t h your a t t o r n e y , i f you d i d anything
19 o u t s i d e o f t h a t t o s e a r c h f o r documents, t h e n y o u can
20 respond t o t h a t .
21 THE WITNESS: Who i s a s k i n g me t h i s question?
22 Q. BY MR. JONES: I'm a s k i n g y o u t h e q u e s t i o n .
23 A. That what p a p e r s I needed t o b r i n g w i t h me?
24 Q. I'm a s k i n g y o u -- l e t ' s s t a r t w i t h t h i s . Did
25 you b r i n g any p a p e r s w i t h you?
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1 for me?
2 Q. W e l l , e x a c t l y l i k e you j u s t s a i d f o r P u n j a b i
3 b u t i n Urdu.
4 A. So what I'm t r y i n g t o t e l l you i s t h a t my
5 c o - w o r k e r s and I w o u l d communicate w i t h each o t h e r
6 u s u a l l y about work and h e l p e d each o t h e r .
7 Q. That's v e r y n i c e . But d i d anyone e v e r do i t
8 f o r you i n Urdu?
9 A. So I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d what you e x a c t l y mean
10 by somebody i n t e r p r e t i n g f o r me Urdu. For i n s t a n c e
11 now, t h e i n t e r p r e t e r i s h e r e because I need h e l p i n
12 i n t e r p r e t i n g i n t o Urdu and E n g l i s h .
13 Q. W e l l , c l e a r l y a few moments ago you s a i d t h a t
14 sometimes i f you d i d n ' t u n d e r s t a n d s o m e t h i n g , somebody
15 explained i t i n Punjabi. D i d anyone e v e r e x p l a i n
16 t h i n g s t o you i n Urdu?
17 A. There was o n l y one U r d u - s p e a k i n g p e r s o n w i t h
18 whom I was n o t i n much c o n t a c t . The r e s t o f them were
19 Punjabi speaking.
20 And l e t me e x p l a i n i t t o you t h a t P u n j a b i i n
21 I n d i a and P a k i s t a n , i t ' s v e r y common l a n g u a g e , and we
22 understand i t well. Although, we d o n ' t w r i t e i n
23 P u n j a b i , b u t we a l l u n d e r s t a n d Punjabi very well.
24 Q. And do you u n d e r s t a n d t h a t I'm o n l y asking
25 about
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JACKSON LEWIS P.C. JAMES T. JONES (SBN 167967) 2 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600 Sacramento, Califomia 95814 3 Telephone: (916)341-0404 Facsimile: (916)341-0141 4 Email: )ames.iones(a)J acksonlewis.com FILED/ENDORSED 5 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. BENJAMIN A. MAINS (SBN 274056) 6 50 Califomia Street, 9* Floor AUG - 5 2022 San Francisco, Califomia94111 7 Telephone: (415)394-9400 By: H. PFMFLTON Deputy Clerk Facsimile: (415)394-9401 8 Email: beniamin.mains@iacksonlewis.com 9 Attomeys for Defendant LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION 10 11 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 12 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 13 SAJIDA ZAMAN, CASENO. 34-2019-00252121-CU-WT-GDS 14 Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF JAMES T. JONES IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S 15 vs. OBJECTIONS TO PLAINTIFF'S LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, and DOES 1 EVIDENCE AND IN SUPPORT OF 16 DEFENDANT'S R E P L Y TO through 20, inclusive, 17 DEFENDANT LIQUI-BOX Defendants. CORPORATION'S MOTION FOR 18 SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF 19 ISSUES 20 Date: August 10, 2022 Time: 1:30 p.m. 21 Dept: 53 22 Reservation No. 2644651 BY FAX 23 Complaint Filed: March 8, 2019 Trial Date: September 12, 2022 24 25 I, JAMES T. JONES, declare and state as follows: 26 1. I am an attomey at law duly licensed to practice in all courts of the State of 27 Califomia. I am a principal in the law firm of Jackson Lewis P.C, attomeys of record for 28 Defendant Liqui-Box Corporation in the above-captioned action. I have personal knowledge of DECL OF JAMES T. JONES ISO DEF'S OBJECTIONS TO PL'S EVIDENCE AND ISO DEF'S REPLY TO DBF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES 1 the matters set forth below, and if called upon as a witness, I could and would competently testify 2 as follow. 3 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A are tme and correct copies of excerpts from 4 the deposition of Angela Kenyon taken in this case on January 28, 2021. 5 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B are tme and correct copies of excerpts from 6 the deposition of Angela Beard taken in this case on May 27, 2022. 7 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C are true and correct copies of an email string 8 between me and opposing counsel wherein opposing counsel repeatedly refused to provide 9 defense counsel with an agreed upon form of an electronic version of Plaintiffs Separate 10 Statement of Undisputed Facts and refused to provide defense counsel with the electronic version 11 of Separate Statement of Undisputed Facts that was used to create the Separate Statement of 12 Undisputed Facts Plaintiff filed with the Court. I repeatedly informed Plaintiffs counsel that they 13 were in violation of Califomia Rule of Court 3.1350, but they refused to provide an electronic 14 version as required by the Rule. 15 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are true and correct copies of excerpts from 16 the deposition of Sajida Zaman taken in this case on June 28, 2022. Plaintiff Sajida Zaman has 17 claimed that she does not fluently speak or understand English. In her deposition, on multiple 18 occasions, Plaintiff testified, " I do not know English" (38:4; 39:6-16; 136:15); she further 19 testified, "all papers written in English look the same to me" (42:6); and "the interpreter is here 20 because I need help in interpreting into Urdu and English" (72:12); 80:15-84-22 and Ex. 3 21 thereto; 105:20-110:18. 22 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is trae and correct copy of the transcript of 23 Plaintiffs deposition from her Workers Compensation case (Case No. ADJ 120180145), taken 24 September 20, 2019. 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// DECL OF JAMES T. JONES ISO DEF'S OBJECTIONS TO PL'S EVIDENCE AND ISO DEF'S REPLY TO DEF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES 1 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is tme and correct copy of the Workers' 2 Compensation Claim Form (DWC 1) dated January 3, 2019, signed by Plaintiff, and Bates 3 numbered LBC000883, which was produced in discovery to Plaintiff and her counsel. 4 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of Califomia, that the 5 foregoing is trae and correct. 6 Executed August 5, 2022, in Sacramento, Califomia. ' il 8 9 JAMES T. JONES 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECL OF JAMES T. JONES ISO DEF'S OBJECTIONS TO PL'S EVIDENCE AND ISO DEF'S REPLY TO DEF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF ISSUES EXHIBIT A CERTIFIED COPY 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 4 SAJIDA ZAMAN, Case N o . 34-2019-00252121 5 Plaintiff, 6 vs . 7 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, and DOES 1 t h r o u g h 20, 8 Inclusive, 9 Defendants. 10 11 12 VOLUME I 13 V i d e o t a p e d D e p o s i t i o n o f ANGELA KENYON 14 January 28, 2 021 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Cheryl L, Marquis, CSR No. 6731, 469958 BARKLEY 25 SINCE Court Reporters 1972 ® barkley.com (310) 207-8000 L o s Angeles (415) 433-5777 San Francisco (949) 955-0400 Irvine (858) 455-5444 San Diego (310) 207-8000 Century City (408) 885-0550 San J o s e (760) 322-2240 Palm S p r i n g s (800) 222-1231 C a r i s b a d (916) 922-5777 Sacramento (800) 222-1231 Martinez (702) 366-0500 Las Vegas (800)222-1231 M o n t e r e y (951) 686-0606 Riverside (818) 702-0202 W o o d l a n d Hills (702) 366-0500 H e n d e r s o n (516) 277-9494 G a r d e n City (212) 808-8500 New Yori( City (347)821-4611 B r o o k l y n (518) 490-1910 Albany (914) 510-9110 W h i t e Plains (312) 379-5566 Chicago 00+1+800 222 1231 Paris 00+1+800 222 1231 Dubai 001+1+800 222 1231 H o n g K o n g 11:46 1 MR. JONES: Compound. 11:46 2 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: W e l l , l e t ' s t a k e i t one 3 by one. What i s t h e AS 1059 Employee Report? 11:47 4 A The AS 1059 Employee Report, I'm n o t as 5 familiar with. I think that's a plant-specific 6 document where t h e employee can r e p o r t t h e i r near miss. 7 But I would have t o l o o k a t t h a t p a r t i c u l a r document i n 8 o r d e r t o answer t h a t q u e s t i o n more c o m p l e t e l y . 11:47 9 Q Okay. What i s t h e 4 Panel Review? 11:47 10 A The 4 Panel Review i s a document t h a t we use 11 t o i n v e s t i g a t e an i n j u r y o r a near miss, and I can 12 p r o v i d e a more complete answer i f I am a b l e t o l o o k a t 13 t h a t document. 11:47 14 Q Okay. As p a r t o f t h e 4 Four Panel Review, 15 when t h e y a r e c o n d u c t i n g an i n v e s t i g a t i o n -- when 16 L i q u i - B o x employees a r e p e r f o r m i n g an i n v e s t i g a t i o n 17 pursuant t o t h i s p o l i c y , a r e t h e y c o n d u c t i n g an 18 i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o determine i f d i s c i p l i n e should be 19 made? 11:47 2 0 A The i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s b e i n g conducted t o 21 determine what caused t h e i n j u r y o r near miss. 11:47 2 2 Q Okay. 11:48 2 3 A And what f u t u r e a c t i o n s need t o be t a k e n . 11:48 2 4 Q And once t h a t i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s complete, what 25 steps does L i q u i - B o x t h e n undertake? 56 BARKLEY; ANGELA KENYON, VOLUME I Courf R e p o r t e r s 11:48 1 MR. JONES: I t ' s overbroad. 11:48 2 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Go ahead. 11:48 3 THE WITNESS: F o l l o w i n g t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n and 4 the 4 Panel Review, L i q u i - B o x t h e n g e t s t h e s i t e 5 l e a d e r s h i p t o be t o g e t h e r , which would c o n s i s t of the 6 p l a n t manager, t h e HR manager and t h e s a f e t y manager, 7 as w e l l as myself and c h i e f o p e r a t i n g o f f i c e r , t o 8 review t h e i n c i d e n t and t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n f i n d i n g s , and 9 t h e n determine i f any d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n needs t o be 10 t a k e n , o r i f any s a f e t y procedures need t o be a d j u s t e d 11 or i f t h e r e i s any f a u l t y equipment t h a t needs t o be 12 fixed. 11:48 13 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Okay. Then l e t ' s move on 14 t o , l e t ' s see, t h e document t i t l e d AS 1059. 15 I n v e s t i g a t i o n Report. 11:49 16 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: Okay. 11:49 17 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Thanks. 11:49 18 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: And t h i s will 19 be E x h i b i t 8. 11:49 20 1049 o r 1059? 11:49 21 MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: 1059. 11:49 22 ( P l a i n t i f f ' s E x h i b i t 8 was marked 11:49 23 f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n by t h e E x h i b i t Manager 11:49 24 and i s attached hereto.) 11:50 25 VIDEOGRAPHER/EXHIBIT MANAGER: Okay. It's 57 BARKLEY ANGELA KENYON, VOLUME I Court Roportora 11:53 1 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: Ms. Kenyon, do you 2 recognize t h i s document? 11:53 3_ A I have g o t i t now I t h i n k . Yeah. Yes, I 4 r e c o g n i z e t h i s document. 11:53 _5 Q Okay. What i s t h i s document? 11:54 6 A T h i s i s o u r s t a n d a r d 4 Panel Review. 11:54 2 Q Okay. I see a t t h e t o p i t says. Disciplinary 8 Review. So a r e a l l EHS reviews disciplinary? 11:54 9 A I'm n o t sure why i t says "Disciplinary 10 Review." We -- a l l o f o u r 4 Panel Reviews use t h a t 11 document. 11:54 12 Q Okay. And I b e l i e v e t h i s was r e f e r e n c e d i n 13 the AS 1025 p o l i c y , c o r r e c t , t h a t was l a b e l e d E x h i b i t 14 7? 11:54 15 MR. JONES: Documents speak f o r themselves. 1 16 t h i n k she would have t o be shown t h a t document t o know 17 what i s i n ' t h e r e . 11:54 18 Q BY MR. KHOSROWSHAHI: W e l l , l e t me ask i t 19 again. When an employee g e t s i n j u r e d on t h e j o b , t h e y 20 have b o t h t h e AS-1059 form f i l l e d o u t and as w e l l as an 11:54 21 EHS Review conducted, c o r r e c t ? 11:54 2 2 A Yes, b o t h s h o u l d be done. 11:54 23 Q Okay. But t h e EHS i s n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y always 24 disciplinary, i s i t ? 11:55 2 5 A No, I'm n o t sure why i t says t h a t . 59 BARKLEY ANGELA KENYON, VOLUME I Court Reportors • 1 DEPOSITION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE 2 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. 4 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 5 6 I , CHERYL L. MARQUIS, hereby c e r t i f y : 7 I am a d u l y q u a l i f i e d C e r t i f i e d Shorthand 8 Reporter i n the State of C a l i f o r n i a , holder of 9 C e r t i f i c a t e Number CSR 6731, i s s u e d by t h e Court 10 Reporters Board o f C a l i f o r n i a and which i s i n f u l l 11 f o r c e and e f f e c t . (Bus. & P r o f . S e c t i o n 8016.) 12 I am n o t f i n a n c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n this action 13 and am n o t a r e l a t i v e o r employee o f any a t t o r n e y o f 14 the parties, o r o f any o f t h e p a r t i e s . (Civ. Proc. 15 Section 2025.320(a)). 16 I am a u t h o r i z e d t o a d m i n i s t e r oaths o r 17 affirmations pursuant t o California Code o f C i v i l 18 Procedure, S e c t i o n 2093(b) and p r i o r t o b e i n g examined, 19 t h e deponent was f i r s t p l a c e d under o a t h o r a f f i r m a t i o n 20 by me. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 2025.320, 2025.540(a)) 21 I am t h e d e p o s i t i o n o f f i c e r t h a t 22 s t e n o g r a p h i c a l l y recorded t h e t e s t i m o n y i n t h e 23 f o r e g o i n g d e p o s i t i o n and t h e f o r e g o i n g t r a n s c r i p t i s a 24 true record of the testimony given. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 25 2025.540(a)) 187 BARKLEY ANGELA KENYON, VOLUME I Court RaportoraJ 1 I have n o t , and s h a l l n o t , o f f e r o r p r o v i d e 2 any s e r v i c e s o r p r o d u c t s t o any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r 3 t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f t h e a c t i o n 4 w i t h o u t f i r s t o f f e r i n g same t o a l l p a r t i e s o r t h e i r 5 a t t o r n e y s a t t e n d i n g t h e d e p o s i t i o n and making same 6 a v a i l a b l e a t t h e same time t o a l l p a r t i e s o r t h e i r 7 attorneys. (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 2025.320 ( b ) ) 8 I s h a l l n o t p r o v i d e any s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t 9 consisting of the deposition o f f i c e r ' s notations or 10 comments r e g a r d i n g t h e demeanor o f any w i t n e s s , 11 a t t o r n e y , o r p a r t y p r e s e n t a t t h e d e p o s i t i o n t o any 12 p a r t y o r any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s 13 financing a l l or part of the action, nor s h a l l I 14 c o l l e c t any p e r s o n a l i d e n t i f y i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about t h e 15 w i t n e s s as a s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t t o be p r o v i d e d t o any 16 p a r t y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f 17 the a c t i o n . (Civ. Proc. S e c t i o n 2025.320(c)) 18 19 Dated: February 12, 2021 20 21 22 23 24 25 188 BARKLEY ANGELA KENYON, VOLUME I Co urt R ep orf er5 \ EXHIBIT B CERTIFIED COPY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO SAJIDA ZAMAN, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 34-2019-00252121 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, and DOES 1 t h r o u g h 20, inclusive, Defendants. D e p o s i t i o n o f ANGELA BEARD May 27, 2022 KAYLA KNOWLES, CSR No. 14071 483778 BARKLEY SINCE Court Reporters 1972 ® barkley.com (310) 207-8000 Los Angeles (415) 433-5777 San Francisco (949) 955-0400 Iririhe (858) 455-5444 San Diego (310) 207-8000 Century City (408) 885-0550 Sah Jose (760) 322-2240 Palm Springs (800) 222-1231 Carlsbad (916) 922-5777 Sacramento (800) 222-1231 Martinez (702) 366-0500 Las Vegas (800) 222-1231 Monterey (951) 686-0606 Riverside (818) 702-0202 Woodland Hills (702) 366-0500 Henderson (516) 277-9494 Garden City (212) 808-8500 New Yori( City (347) 821-4611 Brooklyn (518) 490-1910 Albany (914) 510-9110 White Plains (312) 379-5566 Chicago 00+1+800 222 1231 Paris 00+1+800 222 1231 Dubai 001+1+800 222 1231 Hong Kong 1 was t r a i n e d , as f a r as you know, w i t h r e g a r d t o 2 lockout/tagout? When was t h e f i r s t time t h a t t h a t became 3 the rule? 4 A What year? 5 Q Sure, yeah. 6 A Again, i t had t o have been e i t h e r 2017 o r 2018. 7 '19, '20 -- p r o b a b l y '18. 2018, I'm t h i n k i n g . 8 Q Yeah, and we're -- we're g e t t i n g ready f o r -- 9 we're g e t t i n g c l o s e t o a break, I b e l i e v e , because we 10 c o u l d --we w i l l take a b r i e f break s h o r t l y . So -- b u t 11 l e t ' s c o n t i n u e f o r another few minutes, i f t h a t ' s okay. 12 So d i d you ever observe any v i o l a t i o n s o f 13 lockout/tagout? 14 A Yes. 15 MR. JONES: And c a l l s f o r -- c a l l s f o r o p i n i o n 16 testimony. 17 BY MR. TORABI: 18 Q When you say you observed l o c k o u t / t a g o u t , was i t 19 your o p i n i o n t h a t i t was -- t h a t i t was a v i o l a t i o n ? Or 20 a r e you basing t h a t on some a c t u a l o b s e r v a t i o n o f what was 21 happening? 22 MR. JONES: W e l l , t h a t -- t h a t , again, c a l l s f o r 23 an o p i n i o n . 24 BY MR. TORABI: 25 Q You can go ahead. 90 ANGELA BEARD BARKLEYi Court R e p o r t e r s . 1 A Actual observations. There were two, 2 MR. JONES: Why don't we g e t -- why don't we g e t 3^ a d e s c r i p t i o n of the actual observation. 4 MR. TORABI: Please. _5 MR. JONES: We can decide f o r o u r s e l v e s whether 6_ o r not i t ' s a v i o l a t i o n . 7 MR. TORABI: Okay. 8 THE WITNESS: Okay. I came i n my h a l f hour e a r l y 9_ on my s h i f t t o do my p r e v e n t i v e maintenance, t o g e t t h e 10 machine ready. And i n o r d e r f o r me t o do t h a t , I have t o 11 walk around t h e machine t o t h e c o n t r o l panel t o p u t my 12 l o c k on i t because I can't do a n y t h i n g unless I'm locked 13 o u t . And as I t u r n e d t h e corner, I saw someone underneath 14 my machine, and he was a maintenance person, and I looked 15 t o t h e c o n t r o l console, which i s r i g h t -- r i g h t t h e r e by 16 h i s shoes, by h i s f e e t , and t h e r e was no l o c k on i t . 17 BY MR. TORABI: 18 Q Do you remember who t h a t was? 19 A H i s name was Fred. 20 Q Okay. And d i d you take any a c t i o n a f t e r t h a t ? 21 A I y e l l e d a t him and t o l d him, "You needed t o l o c k 22 o u t , " and he i g n o r e d me, and I had no choice. I had t o 23 r e p o r t i t t o management, and he g o t t e r m i n a t e d . I felt 24 h o r r i b l e about i t , b u t I -- a t t h a t p o i n t , I f e l t t h a t , i f 25 I d i d n ' t r e p o r t i t , t h a t I c o u l d be i n v i o l a t i o n f o r n o t 91 ANGELA BEARD BARKLEY Court R e p o r t e r s i 1 reporting i t ; so I had t o . 2 Q Why d i d you f e e l l i k e you c o u l d be i n v i o l a t i o n 3_ f o r not reporting i t ? Was t h a t something you were t r a i n e d 4 i n , o r was t h a t some o t h e r basis? 5^ A You know, I don't -- I don't r e a l l y know. I t was 6_ just a feeling. I am not sure i f i t was something t h a t 2 was t o l d t o us. I'm n o t sure. 8^ Q Do you remember any s a f e t y t r a i n i n g s t h a t you 9_ r e c e i v e d r e g a r d i n g something c a l l e d t h e c r i t i c a l safety 10 b e h a v i o r s a t Liqui-Box? 11 A Yes. 12 Q I f you would k i n d l y t u r n t o E x h i b i t -- a c t u a l l y , 13 l e t ' s j u s t pause f o r j u s t a b r i e f moment b e f o r e we go t o 14 the e x h i b i t . 15 Can we t a k e , l i k e , a t h r e e , f o u r - m i n u t e break? 16 I s t h a t okay w i t h you? 17 A Uh-huh. 18 MR. TORABI: Counsel? 19 MR. JONES: W e l l , Counsel, I g o t t o g e t a sense 20 o f , l i k e , what your t i m i n g i s f o r t o n i g h t because -- 21 MR. TORABI: We j u s t need t h r e e minutes t o -- 22 t h a t ' s e x a c t l y what I'm g o i n g t o f i g u r e out over t h e next 23 t h r e e minutes o r so; so I j u s t want t o go o f f t h e r e c o r d 24 f o r t h r e e minutes. 25 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We are o f f t h e r e c o r d a t 92 ANGELA BEARD BARKLEY Court R o p o r t e r s ; 1 DEPOSITION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE 2 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } } SS. 4 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO } 5 6 I , KAYLA KNOWLES, hereby c e r t i f y : 7 I am a d u l y q u a l i f i e d C e r t i f i e d Shorthand 8 Reporter i n t h e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a , h o l d e r o f 9 C e r t i f i c a t e Number CSR 14071, i s s u e d by t h e Court 10 Reporters Board o f C a l i f o r n i a and which i s i n f u l l 11 f o r c e and e f f e c t . (Bus. & Prof. S. 8016) 12 I am n o t f i n a n c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h i s 13 a c t i o n and am n o t a r e l a t i v e o r employee o f any 14 a t t o r n e y o f t h e p a r t i e s o r o f any o f t h e p a r t i e s . 15 (Civ. Proc. 2025.320(a)) 16 I am a u t h o r i z e d t o a d m i n i s t e r oaths o r 17 a f f i r m a t i o n s pursuant t o C a l i f o r n i a Code o f C i v i l 18 Procedure, S e c t i o n 2093(b), and p r i o r t o b e i n g 19 examined, t h e w i t n e s s was f i r s t p l a c e d under o a t h o r 20 a f f i r m a t i o n by me. (Civ. Proc. 2025.320, 2025.540(a)) 21 I am t h e d e p o s i t i o n o f f i c e r t h a t 22 s t e n o g r a p h i c a l l y recorded t h e t e s t i m o n y i n t h e 23 f o r e g o i n g d e p o s i t i o n , and t h e f o r e g o i n g t r a n s c r i p t 24 i s a true record of the testimony given. (Civ. Proc. 25 2025.540(a)) 181 ANGELA BEARD BARKLEY Court Reporters [ 1 I have n o t and s h a l l n o t o f f e r o r p r o v i d e 2 any s e r v i c e s o r p r o d u c t s t o any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r 3 t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r p a r t o f t h e 4 action without first offering same t o a l l p a r t i e s 5 o r t h e i r a t t o r n e y s a t t e n d i n g t h e d e p o s i t i o n and 6 making same a v a i l a b l e a t t h e same t i m e to a l l 7 parties or t h e i r attorneys. ( C i v . Proc. 2025.320(b)) 8 I shall not provide any s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t 9 consisting of the deposition o f f i c e r ' s notations or 10 comments r e g a r d i n g t h e demeanor o f any w i t n e s s , 11 a t t o r n e y , o r p a r t y p r e s e n t a t t h e d e p o s i t i o n t o any 12 p a r t y o r any p a r t y ' s a t t o r n e y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s 13 financing a l l or part of the action, nor shall I 14 collect any p e r s o n a l i d e n t i f y i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about 15 the witness as a s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t t o be provided 16 t o any p a r t y o r t h i r d p a r t y who i s f i n a n c i n g a l l o r 17 part of the action. ( C i v . Proc. 2025.320(c)) 18 19 D a t e d : June 14, 2 022 20 21 22 KAYLA KNOWLES, CSR No. 14071 23 24 25 182 BARKLEYI ANGELA BEARD Court R e p o r t e r s EXHIBIT C From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:19 PM To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi ; Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) ; Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco) Subjea: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 You get to pick your path. I get to make my motions. I think you have not complied. But its up to the judge, not either of us, to call the shot. Only time will tell. James T. Jones Attorney at Law J a c k s o n Lewis P . C . 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404 James.Jones(S)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com From: Joshua Falakassa Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:16 PM To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) ; Arash Khosrowshahi ; Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) ; Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco) Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 [EXTERNAL SENDER] James, I am not quite sure how that works, and in any case, I never agreed to send the word format due to concerns with the meta data and work product as mentioned. Why don't you just convert the PDF document using OCR text recognition? This is your burden, not mine and as far as I am concerned, we have already complied with Rule 3.1350. Get Outlook for iOS From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:10 PM To: Arash Khosrowshahi ; Joshua Falakassa ; Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) : Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco) Subject: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 3.1350 says the format o f t h e electronic document has to be agreed upon. The purpose o f t h e rule is to allow us to easily work with the document without having to do conversions and formatting that can be easily eliminated by deliver of an electronic version that can be worked with. Delivering us a pdf is no more useful than giving us a paper document that we turn into a pdf ourselves. You can scrub the Word version. Please do so and provide it by noon tomorrow. Our position is that your pdf is not compliant with the CRC. Why can't you scrub it and send it in Word? James T. Jones o Attorney at Law J a c k s o n Lewis P . C . 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404 James.Jones(a>iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com From: Arash Khosrowshahi Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 4:34 PM To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Cc: Joshua Falakassa : Kasra Torabi ; Asano, Kelly H. (Sacramento) : Mains, Benjamin Alexander (San Francisco) Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 [EXTERNAL SENDER] James, Echoing what Josh stated, you were served an electronic version of the separate statement last week in tandem with the personal service of the separate statement, and the Rule of Court allows us three days of providing an electronic version o f t h e separate statement upon your request. Vou made your request yesterday, meaning that our obligation to provide it to you (even though you already have a copy) is this Friday, not noon tomorrow. Regards, Arash "Ash" Khosrowshahi, Esq. 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I f y o u are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action In reliance on the contents of this Information is strictly prohibited. On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM Jones, James T. (Sacramento) wrote: Counsel, Have you provided an electronic version of your Separate Statement as required by California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1350(1)? If we do not have one by noon tomorrow, we will be forced to make a motion to strike your Separate Statement. James T. Jones o Attorney at Law J a c k s o n Lewis P . C . 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404 James.Jones(g)iacksonlewis.com | vww.iacksonlewis.com From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:31 PM To: Arash Khosrowshahi ; Joshua Falakassa ; Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) Subject: Separate Statement Word document - please provide it by no later than 9 a.m. tomorrow Counsel, My Legal Assistant, Kelly Asano, has been requesting the Word version of your separate statement. We provided ours to you promptly. Please do the same for Kelly. She is a very busy, hard-working person and we would appreciate the courtesy of a polite, timely response. James T. Jones o Attorney at Law Jackson Lewis P.C. 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404 James. JonesOjjacksonlewis.com 1 www.iacksoniewis.com From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:06 PM To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi ; Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) Subject: RE: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 Please explain how you used a pdf version to prepare your separate statement to file with the court? James T. Jones o Attorney at Law J a c k s o n Lewis P.C. 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct: (916) 288-3020 | Main: (916) 341-0404 James.Jones(q)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com From: Joshua Falakassa Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 5:46 PM To: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) ; Arash Khosrowshahi : Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) Subject: Re: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 [EXTERNAL SENDER] James, We used both word and pdf versions to prepare the document filed with the court. However, the latest version ofthe document we used to file with the court was the pdf version, which you already have. Unfortunately, I cannot risk divulging the meta data and waiving the work product privilege just for your convenience. Get Outlook for iOS From: Jones, James T. (Sacramento) Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:29 PM To: Joshua Falakassa ; Arash Khosrowshahi : Kasra Torabi Cc: Asano, Kelly H.. (Sacramento) Subject: FW: Failure to provide electronic version of separate statement - CRC Rule 3.1350 I am confident the pdf was not "the electronic version of the separate statement that [you] used to prepare the document filed with the court." Since there is not agreement, you are "must provide" that version. (1) Request for electronic version of separate statement On request, a party must within three days provide to any other party or the court an electronic versiqn^of its separate statement. The electronic version may be provided in any form on which the parties agree. If thei_ parties are unable to agree on the form, the responding party must provide to the requesting party the electronic version of the separate statement that it used to prepare! the document filed with the court. Under this subdivision, a party is not required to create an electronic version or any new version of any document for the purpose of transmission to the requesting party James T. Jones o Attorney at Law Jackson Lewis P.C. 400 Capitol Mall Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Direct (916) 288-3020 j Main: (916) 341-0404 James.Jones(a)iacksonlewis.com | www.iacksonlewis.com EXHIBIT D Page 1 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 oOo 4 5 SAJIDA ZAMAN, 6 Plaintiff(s), 7 v. No. 34-2019-00252121 8 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE, Defendant(s). 10 11 12 VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF 13 SAJIDA ZAMAN 14 TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2 022 15 16 17 18 19 20 Reported by: KAREN A. URBANO, CSR L i c e n s e No. 6 698 21 Registered Professional Reporter Job No. CS5288990 22 23 24 25 Veritext Legal Solutions 800-567-8658 973-410-4098 Page 4 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 oOo 4 SAJIDA ZAMAN, 5 Plaintiff(s), 6 V. No. 34-2019-00252121 7 LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE, Defendant(s). 9 / 10 BE I T REMEMBERED t h a t on TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022, 11 commencing a t t h e h o u r o f 10:15 a.m., a t t h e o f f i c e s 12 of JACKSON LEWIS, 400 C a p i t o l M a l l , S u i t e 1600, 13 Sacramento, C a l i f o r n i a 95814, b e f o r e me, KAREN A. 14 URBANO, a C e r t i f i e d S h o r t h a n d R e p o r t e r , L i c e n s e No. 15 6698, t h e r e p e r s o n a l l y appeared 16 ANIL MEHTA, INTERPRETER 17 who was b y me f i r s t d u l y sworn t o i n t e r p r e t E n g l i s h t o 18 Urdu and Urdu t o E n g l i s h t o t h e b e s t o f h i s a b i l i t y ; 19 and 20 SAJIDA ZAMAN 21 c a l l e d as a w i t n e s s h e r e i n ; and a f t e r h a v i n g been 22 first d u l y sworn t o t e l l t h e t r u t h , t h e whole truth 23 and n o t h i n g b u t t h e t r u t h , was examined and t e s t i f i e d 24 as f o l l o w s . 25 oOo Veritext Legal Solutions 800-567-8658 973-410-4098 Page 3 8 1 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , vague as t o 2 "finished" i n t h e c o n t e x t o f someone t h a t d o e s n ' t read 3 English. " F i n i s h e d l o o k i n g " makes no sense. 4 THE WITNESS: I do n o t know E n g l i s h . 5 Q. BY MR. JONES: You d o n ' t r e a d E n g l i s h ? 6 A. J u s t a l i t t l e b i t , n o t much. 7 Q. Could y o u t u r n t h e second page? 8 A. (Witness indicating.) 9 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please? 10 A. (Witness indicating.) 11 Q. Could y o u t u r n t o t h e t h i r d page? 12 A. (Witness indicating.) 13 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please? 14 A. (Witness indicating.) 15 Q. Could y o u t u r n t o t h e n e x t page? 16 A. (Witness indicating.) 17 Q. Could y o u l o o k a t i t , please? 18 A. (Witness indicating.) 19 Q. Could y o u t u r n t h e n e x t page? 20 A. (Witness indicating.) 21 Q. Now, p l e a s e t a k e as much t i m e as y o u t h i n k 22 you need t o l o o k a t t h e document f r o m t h e f r o n t t o t h e 23 back. And, when you've l o o k e d a t i t s u f f i c i e n t l y t o 24 l e t me know whether o r n o t you've seen i t b e f o r e , let 25 me know t h a t you've f i n i s h e d l o o k i n g a t i t . Veritext Legal Solutions 800-567-8658 973-410-4098 Page 3 9 1 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , vague as t o 2 "sufficiently." S u f f i c i e n t l y t o have r e a d i t 3 o b v i o u s l y w o u l d n ' t make any sense, b u t s u f f i c i e n t l y as 4 t o what? S u f f i c i e n t l y as t o s a t i s f y h a v i n g l o o k e d a t 5 it now o r what? So i t ' s vague as t o t h a t word. 6 THE WITNESS: I do n o t know E n g l i s h . 7 Q. BY MR. JONES: Have y o u seen t h e document 8 before? 9 MR. TORABI: The o b j e c t i o n i s t h a t i t c a l l s 10 f o r s p e c u l a t i o n as t o w h e t h e r t h i s document, w h i c h t h e 11 w i t n e s s a l r e a d y t e s t i f i e d she c a n n o t r e a d t h i s 12 document i n E n g l i s h , w h e t h e r she's seen t h i s 13 particular document before. 14 THE WITNESS: My a t t o r n e y ' s r i g h t . 15 Q. BY MR. JONES: R i g h t a b o u t what? 16 A. T h a t I d o n ' t know E n g l i s h . 17 Q. I'm n o t a s k i n g i f y o u know E n g l i s h . 18 A. Then how w o u l d I know what's w r i t t e n i n t h e s e 19 papers? 20 Q. I'm j u s t a s k i n g i f you've seen them b e f o r e . 21 MR. TORABI: O b j e c t i o n , a r g u m e n t a t i v e , and I 22 w i l l n o t e f o r t h e r e c o r d a l l t h e p l e a d i n g s i n a case 23 l o o k a l i k e t o someone who d o e s n ' t u n d e r s t a n d how t o 24 r e a d t h e s u b s t a n c e o f them. 25 So y o u ' r e a s k i n g t h e i m p o s s i b l e t o Veritext Legal Solutions 800-567-8658 973-410-4098 Page 42 1 this." A l l o f them l o o k l i k e t h i s t o someone who 2 d o e s n ' t speak E n g l i s h o r r e a d E n g l i s h . A l l pleadings 3 l o o k t h e same. So i t ' s vague and asked and answered 4 at t h i s p o i n t . 5 THE WITNESS: Yeah, t h a t ' s what I'm s a y i n g . 6 A l l p a p e r s w r i t t e n i n E n g l i s h l o o k t h e same t o me. 7 Q. BY MR. JONES: Okay. J u s t f o r me t o see i f I 8 can sum i t a l l up. You do n o t know i f y o u e v e r saw 9 E x h i b i t 1 b e f o r e , do you? 10 A. No. 11 Q. D i d y o u do a n y t h i n g t o f i n d documents t o 12 b r i n g w i t h you t o t h e d e p o s i t i o n today? 13 MR. TORABI: Objection, calls f o r 14 a t t o r n e y - c l i e n t p r i v i l e g e d communications. And, t o 15 the e x t e n t t h a t you d i d a n y t h i n g o u t s i d e o f those 16 c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h y o u r a t t o r n e y , o u t s i d e o f any 17 sessions w i t h y o u r a t t o r n e y , o u t s i d e o f any 18 conferences w i t h your a t t o r n e y , i f you d i d anything 19 o u t s i d e o f t h a t t o s e a r c h f o r documents, t h e n y o u can 20 respond t o t h a t . 21 THE WITNESS: Who i s a s k i n g me t h i s question? 22 Q. BY MR. JONES: I'm a s k i n g y o u t h e q u e s t i o n . 23 A. That what p a p e r s I needed t o b r i n g w i t h me? 24 Q. I'm a s k i n g y o u -- l e t ' s s t a r t w i t h t h i s . Did 25 you b r i n g any p a p e r s w i t h you? Veritext Legal Solutions 800-567-8658 973-410-4098 Page 72 1 for me? 2 Q. W e l l , e x a c t l y l i k e you j u s t s a i d f o r P u n j a b i 3 b u t i n Urdu. 4 A. So what I'm t r y i n g t o t e l l you i s t h a t my 5 c o - w o r k e r s and I w o u l d communicate w i t h each o t h e r 6 u s u a l l y about work and h e l p e d each o t h e r . 7 Q. That's v e r y n i c e . But d i d anyone e v e r do i t 8 f o r you i n Urdu? 9 A. So I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d what you e x a c t l y mean 10 by somebody i n t e r p r e t i n g f o r me Urdu. For i n s t a n c e 11 now, t h e i n t e r p r e t e r i s h e r e because I need h e l p i n 12 i n t e r p r e t i n g i n t o Urdu and E n g l i s h . 13 Q. W e l l , c l e a r l y a few moments ago you s a i d t h a t 14 sometimes i f you d i d n ' t u n d e r s t a n d s o m e t h i n g , somebody 15 explained i t i n Punjabi. D i d anyone e v e r e x p l a i n 16 t h i n g s t o you i n Urdu? 17 A. There was o n l y one U r d u - s p e a k i n g p e r s o n w i t h 18 whom I was n o t i n much c o n t a c t . The r e s t o f them were 19 Punjabi speaking. 20 And l e t me e x p l a i n i t t o you t h a t P u n j a b i i n 21 I n d i a and P a k i s t a n , i t ' s v e r y common l a n g u a g e , and we 22 understand i t well. Although, we d o n ' t w r i t e i n 23 P u n j a b i , b u t we a l l u n d e r s t a n d Punjabi very well. 24 Q. And do you u n d e r s t a n d t h a t I'm o n l y asking 25 about