Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 1 of 11 CAMILLE N. JOHNSON (5494) DEREK J. WILLIAMS (9864) SNOW, CHRISTENSEN & MARTINEAU Attorneys for NSF Defendants 10 Exchange Place, Eleventh Floor Post Office Box 45000 Salt Lake City, Utah 84145 Telephone: (801) 521-9000 Facsimile: (801) 363-0400 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION JEFFREY VERNON MERKEY and MARGIT S. MULLER MERKEY, individually and as the parent and legal guardian of ALEXEJ MARTIN MERKEY, a minor, vs. Plaintiffs, DELTA AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation; NATURAL SELECTION FOODS, LLC, a California corporation; and NATURAL SELECTION FOODS MANUFACTURING, LLC, a California corporation, RULE 26(a)(1) INITIAL DISCLOSURES OF DEFENDANTS NATURAL SELECTION FOODS, LLC and NATURAL SELECTION FOODS MANUFACTURING, LLC Case No. 2:06CV00839 Judge Dale A. Kimball Magistrate Judge David Nuffer Defendants. Defendants,, LLC, and Manufacturing, LLC (collectively, NSF ), hereby provide the following disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 2 of 11 NSF s investigation is continuing and formal discovery in this action has not commenced. These disclosures were prepared after a reasonable inquiry and are complete and correct as of this date. NSF will further supplement these disclosures if and when additional information becomes available and therefore specifically reserves the right to change or supplement these disclosures. A. WITNESSES NSF may call the following witnesses in support of its claims and defenses in this matter: 1. Charlie Sweat 2. Will Daniels 3. Pete Donlon 4. Joe Torquato 5. Todd Kodet -2-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 3 of 11 6. Bryan Aguirre 7. Thai-An Nguyen (epidemiologist) 8. Nehal Patel PulseNet National Database Team 9. Umid Sharapov, M.D., MSC EIS Officer Enteric Disease Epidemiological Branch 10. Cheryl A. Bopp, M.S. Foodborne Diarrheal Diseases Laboratory 11. Christopher Braden, M.D. 12. Michael Lynch, M.D. -3-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 4 of 11 13. Balasubr Swaminathan 14. Mitchell Cohen 15. Peter Gerner-Smidt 16. Patricia Griffin 17. Molly Joyner 18. Samir Sodha 19. Robert E. Brackett, Ph.D. Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857-0001 (888) 463-6332 -4-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 5 of 11 20. David Atcheson, M.D. Medical Officer Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857-0001 (888) 463-6332 21. Michael Herndon 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857-0001 (888) 463-6332 22. Eric Johnson 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857-0001 (888) 463-6332 23. Keith Jasukaitis 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857-0001 (888) 463-6332 24. Jack Guzewich, M.P.H. San Francisco District Office 1431 Harbor Bay Parkway Alameda, CA 94502 25. Barbara Cassens San Francisco District Office 1431 Harbor Bay Parkway Alameda, CA 94502 26. Glenn Yost California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N. Street Sacramento, CA (916) 654-1393 -5-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 6 of 11 27. Lynn A. Morgan California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N. Street Sacramento, CA (916) 654-1393 28. Ed Kurtz California Lettuce Research Board California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N. Street Sacramento, CA (916) 654-1393 29. Mary Zischke California Lettuce Research Board California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N. Street Sacramento, CA (916) 654-1393 30. Mark Horton, M.D., M.S.P.H. 31. Jeff Farrar, D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D. 32. Benson Yee, M.D., M.P.H. 33. Kevin Reilly, D.V.M., M.P.V.M. 34. Larry Barrett, D.V.M., M.S., D.A.C.V.P.M. -6-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 7 of 11 35. Mary Palumbo 36. Hugh Stallworth, M.D., M.P.H. Monterey County Health Department 1270 Natividad Road, #B304 Salinas, CA 93906 37. Juliana Grant, M.D., M.P.H. EIS Officer Bureau of Epidemiology 38. Robert Rolfs, M.D., M.P.H. 39. Marilee Poulson, Epidemiologist 40. David N. Sundwall, M.D. 41. Teresa Garrett, R.N., M.S. 42. Diane Raccasi, Epidemiologist -7-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 8 of 11 43. Andrea Price 44. Pete Stewart 45. Joseph Sherbotie, M.D. Associate Professor, Pediatric Nephrology 46. Richard E. Black, M.D. 47. Peter F. Nichol, M.D. 48. Donald N. Harline, M.D. 423 North Orem Boulevard Orem, UT 84057 49. Susan Dalene Baxter, LCSW 50. Lisa Gauchay, CSW 51. Teri Mauch, M.D. -8-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 9 of 11 52. Michelle Schober, M.D. 53. Lisa Guerra Utah County Health Department 151 South University Avenue, #100 Provo, UT 84601 Discovery and investigation are continuing as to additional witnesses. At the present time, NSF cannot identify the grower(s) of the allegedly tainted product except upon information and belief. This issue is still being investigated. These Initial Disclosures will be amended to name the grower once the identity of such grower is established. NSF reserves the right to call as witnesses any persons identified in the documents produced by others in this action or identified in plaintiffs or other party s initial disclosures. in this matter: B. DOCUMENTS NSF may use the following categories of documents in support of its defenses and claims 1. Information about NSF s business operations, including policies, procedures and plans regarding the quality of products; 2. Information about NSF s quality control, inspection and audit procedures; 3. Information about regulatory, trade and industry standards NSF utilized in connection with its business operations; 4. Information as to products processed, distributed or packaged in 2005 and 2006; 5. Information produced by any state and/or federal governmental agency related to fresh spinach and the recent E. coli outbreak; and -9-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 10 of 11 6. Medical and health department records specifically related to the Merkeys. These documents are in the possession, custody and/or control of plaintiffs, defendants or various municipal, state and/or federal governmental agencies. NSF reserves the right to rely upon documents produced by any of the other parties to this action. NSF reserves the right to supplement this response as discovery continues. C. DAMAGES Computation of any category of damages claimed by the disclosing party, making available under Rule 34 documents not privileged from disclosure on which computation is based: Not applicable to NSF. D. INSURANCE Inspection and copying of any insurance agreement under which any person carrying on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy, indemnify or reimburse, part or all of any potential judgment: A policy of insurance that may provide coverage to the defendants for the incident complained of will be provided. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 1 st day of October, 2007. SNOW, CHRISTENSEN & MARTINEAU /s/ Camille N. Johnson Camille N. Johnson Derek J. Williams Attorneys for Defendants 10 Exchange Place, Eleventh Floor Post Office Box 45000 Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-10-
Case 2:06-cv-00839-DAK Document 23-2 Filed 10/01/2007 Page 11 of 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing RULE 26(a)(1) INITIAL DISCLOSURES OF DEFENDANTS NATURAL SELECTION FOODS, LLC, and NATURAL SELECTION FOODS MANUFACTURING, LLC, was served electronically on the 1 st day of October, 2007, addressed to the following: Randall K. Spencer FILLMORE SPENCER LLC 3301 North University Avenue Provo, UT 84604 rspencer@fslaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Camille N. Johnson N:\23236\3\pleadings\defendants initial disclosures -11-