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Motion for Protective Order — Together Employees v. Mass General Brigham, Incorporated, Case 1:21-cv-11686 (Document 49)

Date
2021-12-06

Summary

A motion for protective order filed December 6, 2021 by defendant Mass General Brigham, Incorporated in Together Employees v. Mass General Brigham, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-11686, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1), the motion seeks protection for the identities of certain non-party witnesses and of certain MGB employees whose requests for exemption from the vaccine mandate MGB approved. It refers to an accompanying memorandum for its reasons and asks that it be granted in its entirety. The four-page filing, Document 49, includes a Local Rule 7.1 certification that counsel conferred with opposing counsel on December 3, 2021 without narrowing the issues, and a certificate of service signed by Lynn A. Kappelman of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

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“Motion for Protective Order — Together Employees v. Mass General Brigham, Incorporated, Case 1:21-cv-11686 (Document 49).” Original at archive.org, dated 2021-12-06. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-12-06-plaintiffs-v-mass-general-brigham-incorporated/, SHA-256 1c5851c466c315d48f3a37417ab7d76465ff39c8ebfef66919e069272f9a9821.

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              Case 1:21-cv-11686-FDS Document 49 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 4




                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                         FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                                    )
TOGETHER EMPLOYEES, by Individual   )
Representatives, ROBERTA LANCIONE,  )
JOYCE MILLER, MARIA DIFRONZO,       )
MICHAEL SACCOCCIO, ELIZABETH BIGGER,)
NATASHA DICICCO, NICHOLAS ARNO and  )
RUBEN ALMEIDA,                      )                      Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-11686
                                    )
               Plaintiffs,          )
v.                                  )
                                    )
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM, INCORPORATED, )
                                    )
               Defendant.           )
                                    )


                           MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

         Defendant Mass General Brigham, Incorporated (“MGB”), by and through its

undersigned attorneys, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1), submits this

motion for a protective order related to the identities of (i) certain non-party-witnesses who may

have relevant information in this case; and (ii) certain MGB employees whose requests for

exemption from the vaccine mandate MGB approved.

         For the reasons detailed in the accompanying memorandum of points and authorities, this

motion should be granted in its entirety.




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Dated: December 6, 2021                  Respectfully submitted,

                                         MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED

                                         By Its Attorneys,

                                         /s/ Lynn A. Kappelman
                                         Lynn A. Kappelman (BBO# 642017)
                                         Katherine E. Perrelli (BBO# 549820)
                                         Kristin McGurn (BBO# 559687)
                                         Dawn Reddy Solowey (BBO#567757)
                                         SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
                                         Seaport East
                                         Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1200
                                         Boston, MA 02210-2028
                                         kperrelli@seyfarth.com
                                         lkappelman@seyfarth.com
                                         kmcgurn@seyfarth.com
                                         dsolowey@seyfarth.com
                                         TEL: (617) 946-4800
                                         FAX: (617) 946-4801




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                     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7.1

         I hereby certify pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(a)(2) that on December 3, 2021, I conferred in

good faith with opposing counsel, Ryan McLane, by telephone in order to resolve or narrow the

issues presented by this motion. Counsel for the parties were unable to narrow the issues

presented in this motion.

                                                      /s/ Lynn A. Kappelman
                                                      Lynn A. Kappelman




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                                 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

         I, Lynn A. Kappelman, certify that on December 6, 2021, I caused a true and accurate copy

of the foregoing document to be filed and uploaded to the CM/ECF system.


                                                     /s/ Lynn A. Kappelman
                                                     Lynn A. Kappelman




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