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Page 3 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29508, * ATTORNEY, LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN, PLLC, Memphis, TN; Jerry M. White, TURNER & ASSOCIATES, P.A., North Little Rock, AR. For Dunlap & Kyle Company, Inc., doing business as Gateway Tire & Service Center, Defendant: Alicia Yvonne Cox, LEAD ATTORNEY, LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN, Memphis, TN; Donald H. Dawson, Jr., Kathleen A. Clark, LEAD ATTORNEYS, DAWSON & CLARK, P.C., Detroit, MI; Molly A. Glover, LEAD ATTORNEY, LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN-Memphis, Memphis, TN; Tracy A. Overstreet, LEAD ATTORNEY, LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN, PLLC, Memphis, TN; Jerry M. White, TURNER & ASSOCIATES, P.A., North Little Rock, AR. For Takata Corporation, TK Holdings Inc., Defendants: Anne Mary Zehr, Michael Hiram Carpenter, CARPENTER & LIPPS LLP, Columbus, OH; Brigid M. Carpenter, BAKER DONELSON, BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ- Nashville, Nashville, TN; Emily Turner Landry, BAKER DONELSON. BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Memphis, TN; Jerry M. White, TURNER & ASSOCIATES, P.A., North Little Rock, AR; Michael Nathaniel Beekhuizen, CARPENTER r3]LIPPS & LELAND, LLP, Columbus, OH; Timothy R. Bricker, LAW OFFICE OF TIMOTHY BRICKER, Columbus, OH. For Takata North American Inc., Takata Restraint Systems Inc., Takata Seat Belts, Inc., Takata U.S.A. Corporation, Takata U.S.A. Corporation, also known as Takata U.S.A., Defendants: Jerry M. White, TURNER & ASSOCIATES, P.A., North Little Rock, AR. JUDGES: TU M. PHAM, United States Magistrate Judge. OPINION BY: TU M. PHAM OPINION ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' AMENDED MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY AS TO ALL TAKATA DEFENDANTS Before the Court by order of reference is Plaintiffs' Amended Motion to Compel Discovery as to Takata Defendants. (D.E. 167). For the reasons below, the Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I. BACKGROUND The plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint alleges that on June 11, 2006, on Highway 72 in Mississippi, was driving westbound in her vehicle, a 2005 Yukon that was designed, man ac ure , assembled, and distributed by General Motors Cor oration ("GM"). The tires on the Yukon were purchased by James M. usband, approximately two months earlier, on April 17, 2006. At the tim was wearing her safety belt. PassengerShe Yukon [*4] included ames and their two minor daughters, Caroline ed Mary Taylor While riving in the e left front tire of the vehicle momentarily eased into the gravel shoulder. attempted to slow the vehicle down while maneuvering to the right so as to •• For internal use only CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0075604 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00221788 EFTA01378425