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TO: Plaintiff Weltee Wolo through her counsel, Tyler W. Brennan, Tyler W. Brennan Law,

LLC, T3 Building, 323 N. Washington Avenue, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

Pursuant to Rule 34 of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, Defendant Whispering

Pines Assisted Living, Inc. (“Whispering Pines” or “Defendant”) requests that Plaintiff Weltee

Wolo (“Wolo” or “Plaintiff”) produce and permit Whispering Pines to inspect and copy the

following documents, electronically stored information, and things, within thirty (30) days of the

date of service hereof.

In responding to the following requests, unless the context indicates otherwise, you are to

construe them in light of the following:

DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Document” shall have the broadest meaning which can be ascribed to it

pursuant to Rule 26 of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. Among other things, the term

“Document” refers to and includes any written, printed, typed or other graphic matter of any kind

or nature, all computer materials, processes, data and compilations thereof from which information

can be obtained, including, but not limited to, papers, letters, correspondence, telegrams, inter-

STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF ANOKA TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case Type: Employment

Weltee Wolo,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc.,

Defendant.

Court File No.

The Honorable

DEFENDANT’S REQUESTS FOR

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO

PLAINTIFF (SET I)

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office communications, memoranda, notes, notations, notebooks, reports, records, minutes of

meetings, schedules, tables, charges, transcripts, publications, scrapbooks, diaries, E-mail,

electronic mail, voice mail, electronic bulletin board postings, tabulations, vouchers, accounts,

statements, affidavits, abstracts, agreements, contracts, diaries, calendars, plans, specifications,

drawings, sketches, photostats, photographs, charts, graphs and other similar objects, and any kind

of transcript, transcription or recording of any conversation, discussion or oral presentation of any

kind, and any information stored on, and reproducible in documentary form from a computer or

other electronic, magnetic, optical or laser based information storage device, including but not

limited to floppy disks, hard disks, tapes, backup tapes, CD-ROM, DVD’s, USB drives, thumb

drives, external data storage devices, handheld PC’s, or PDA’s and any drafts, revisions or

amendments of the above, in the possession or within the control of Plaintiff, her attorneys or

agents, or known by Plaintiff to exist, including materials deemed to be subject to any evidentiary

privilege. The term “Document” specifically includes Electronically Stored Information.

2. “Electronically Stored Information” or “ESI” shall include all electronic

information permitted to be discovered under Rule 34 of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure,

including, without limitation: Internet web pages, word-processing documents, spreadsheets,

presentation documents, graphics, animations, images, email (including attachments which shall

be kept with the email), instant messages, text messages, voice mail, audio, video, and audiovisual

recordings, databases and database subsets, and other user or machine-created computer files or

other digital information which is stored on computer networks, servers, computer systems,

desktop computers, laptop computers, home computers, the Internet, an Intranet, archives, discs,

CD’s, diskettes, drives, zip drives, tapes, cartridges, flash drives, and other external storage media,

personal digital assistants, handheld wireless devices, smart phones, cellular telephones,

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blackberries, pagers, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and voicemail systems. All of the ESI requested herein

shall be produced with all metadata preserved.

3. The term “Communications” means all forms of oral, written, and nonverbal

communication, including, but not limited to, communications taking place face-to-face, via

telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, voice mail, electronic messaging (e.g., instant messaging),

or by means of correspondence, letters, statements, or otherwise.

4. The term “Person” refers to and includes natural persons, corporations,

partnerships, proprietorships, joint ventures, unincorporated associations, trusts, estates,

governments (and agencies thereof), quasi-public entities, and other forms of legal entities.

5. The terms “reflecting,” “concerning,” “evidencing,” “referred to,” “related to,”

“regarding,” “depicted,” or “displayed” mean and include, without limitation, regarding, showing,

reflecting, referring to, alluding to, responding to, relating to, connected with, commenting upon,

with respect to, consisting of, comprising, constituting, discussing, recording, or in any way

touching upon or pertaining to.

6. The singular form of a word shall also refer to the plural, and words used in the

masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall refer to and include all genders.

7. “And” includes the disjunctive “or”; “or” includes the conjunctive “and.”

8. “Defendant,” “Whispering Pines,” or “WPAL” shall refer to Whispering Pines

Assisted Living, Inc., as well as its agents, attorneys, or anyone acting or purporting to act on its

behalf.

9. “You” or “Your” shall refer to Plaintiff Weltee Wolo, as well as her agents,

attorneys, or anyone acting or purporting to act on her behalf.

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10. “Plaintiff” or “Wolo” shall refer to Plaintiff Weltee Wolo, as well as her agents,

attorneys, or anyone acting or purporting to act on her behalf.

11. “Complaint” shall mean the Complaint filed and served by Plaintiff in the above-

captioned matter, and any subsequent amendments thereto.

12. “Answer” shall mean the Answer served by Defendant in the above-captioned

matter, and any subsequent amendments thereto.

DOCUMENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

13. You are requested and required to produce each Document designated below that

is within your care, custody, or control or otherwise available, including Documents in the

possession of your attorneys, accountants, advisors, or other persons directly or indirectly acting

for you or with you. If all Documents requested cannot be produced in their entirety, produce each

Document requested to the extent possible, specify the reason for the inability to produce the

remaining Documents, and state whatever information or knowledge you have regarding the

unproduced Documents. If you maintain that any Document has been destroyed, set forth the

contents of the Document, the location of any copies of the Document, the date of and reason for

such destruction, and the name and address of all persons who ordered, authorized, or participated

in such destruction.

14. If any Document is withheld from production on the basis of privilege or otherwise,

identify each such Document and the grounds upon which production of each Document is being

withheld. Include:

(a) the date;

(b) the author;

(c) the type of Document;

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(d) the addressee(s) or other intended recipient(s);

(e) the title, heading, or other designation numerical on the Document; and

(f) the privilege type and basis for the privilege.

15. These Requests shall be deemed continuing so as to require supplemental responses

if ACA obtains further information between the times responses are served and the time of trial.

REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

REQUEST NO. 1: All Documents and Communications that You referred to, relied

upon, consulted, or used in any way to draft the Complaint, Your Initial Disclosures, and/or Your

responses to Defendant’s First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff.

REQUEST NO. 2: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting any of the allegations in the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 3: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting the allegation that Defendant failed to pay You for Your accrued,

unused vacation time, as set forth in paragraphs 9 and 35–38 of the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 4: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting the allegation that Defendant’s stated reason for terminating You is a

mere pretext for discrimination and reprisal and/or has no factual basis, as set forth in paragraphs

14–15 of the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 5: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting the allegation that Defendant failed to pay You earned wages within

24 hours of Your demand, as set forth in paragraphs 19 and 31–34 of the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 6: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting the allegation that Defendant’s decision to terminate Your employment

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otherwise occurred under circumstances that give rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination,

as set forth in paragraphs 20–24 of the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 7: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting the allegation that Defendant took adverse actions against You in

reprisal to activity protected under MHRA, as set forth in paragraphs 25–30 of the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 8: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting your allegation that other employees of Defendant were similarly

situated to You, but treated more favorably than You, as set forth in paragraphs 25–30 of the

Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 9: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to, and/or

reflecting any and all complaints of any kind that You allege to have made to Defendant at any

time.

REQUEST NO. 10: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to, and/or

reflecting any and all reports of discrimination and/or reprisal that You allege to have made to

Defendant at any time.

REQUEST NO. 11: Journals, diaries, calendars, appointment books, agendas,

notebooks, and notes written or maintained by You from 2018 through and including the present

relating to or referring to any of the allegations in the Complaint and/or Your employment with

Defendant.

REQUEST NO. 12: All Documents and Communications relating to Your employment

with Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc. and any change in Your employment status, job

duties, promotions, and/or job transfers, including but not limited to all contracts, agreements,

memoranda, policies, handbooks, complaints filed, performance reviews, performance

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improvement plans, warnings, disciplinary actions, termination notices, resignation letters, and

reports that are related to any of the allegations in the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 13: All Documents that are the property of Whispering Pines Assisted

Living, Inc. or that you removed or directed to be removed from Whispering Pines Assisted Living,

Inc.'s premises, including but not limited to its physical premises and computer systems.

REQUEST NO. 14: All Documents relating to, referring to, supporting, and/or refuting

the alleged discriminatory culture which existed in the workplace, as alleged in paragraph 12 of

the Complaint.

REQUEST NO. 15: All Documents and Communications submitted to or received from,

the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Minnesota Department of

Human Rights (MDHR), and/or the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic

Development (DEED), including but not limited to documents relating to any charges of

discrimination and/or applications for unemployment benefits that You have made since 2016.

REQUEST NO. 16: All Documents and Communications relating to any administrative

charge or proceeding or lawsuit to which You were a party within the last ten years relating to

Your employment with any Employer that rely on or are similar or related to the factual allegations

or claims at issue in this lawsuit.

REQUEST NO. 17: All Documents and Communications relating to any complaint of

harassment, discrimination, or retaliation that you alleged against any employer within the last ten

years.

REQUEST NO. 18: All Documents and Communications relating to Your efforts to seek

employment from December 11, 2020, through and including the present, including but not limited

to any resumes, applications for employment, cover letters, reference letters, job inquiries, offers

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of employment, employment agreements, independent contractor and consulting agreements or

arrangements, job advertisements or postings, rejection letters, and any other communications with

any Employer.

REQUEST NO. 19: All Documents and Communications relating to the termination of

Your employment from any Employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, occurring at any time

after the end of Your employment with Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc.

REQUEST NO. 20: All Documents and Communications relating to any training or

education that You have applied for or received from December 11, 2020, through and including

the present.

REQUEST NO. 21: Documents sufficient to show any income or other compensation

received by or owed to You, including but not limited to paychecks, paystubs, invoices, settlement

payments, statements of work, Form W-2s, Form 1099s, social security benefits, social security

disability benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, workers' compensation benefits, and long-

term or short-term disability benefits from December 11, 2020, through and including the present.

REQUEST NO. 22: Your federal and state income tax returns for the tax years 2020

through and including the present, including all supporting documentation.

REQUEST NO. 23: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting Your claim for damages in this lawsuit, including but not limited to

documents relating to the claim for damages as set forth in paragraphs 20–38 of the Complaint,

your initial disclosures, and/or the calculation of damages claimed.

REQUEST NO. 24: All Documents and Communications relating to, referring to,

supporting, and/or refuting any injuries, including physical, mental, and emotional injuries, You

allegedly sustained as a result of Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc.’s conduct from 2018

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through and including the present, including but not limited to all medical records and

psychotherapy notes.

REQUEST NO. 25: Completed and executed authorization forms for the release of

medical records and psychotherapy notes for each physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist,

social worker, or other healthcare professional identified in response to Interrogatory Number 11

of Defendant’s First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff with whom You have consulted and/or from

whom You have received or sought treatment.

REQUEST NO. 26: All Documents and Communications relating to and/or referring to

each expert you intend to call as a witness at trial, including but not limited to all Documents and

Communications sent to or received from each expert, resumes, curriculum vitae, and reports.

REQUEST NO. 27: All affidavits, sworn statements, notes, and other documents sent to,

received from, or otherwise relating to any person you intend to call as a witness at trial, either in

person, through deposition testimony, or through an affidavit regarding, referring, and/or relating

to any claim or allegation in this Action.

REQUEST NO. 28: All affidavits, sworn statements, and communications regarding,

referring, and/or relating to any claim in this Action.

REQUEST NO. 29: All social media postings relating to any of the allegations in the

Complaint, including but not limited to postings on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube,

Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, blogs, wikis, and other social media sites.

REQUEST NO. 30: All Documents and Communications that contain or otherwise relate

to facts that you contend refute, in any way, any of Defendant’s defenses in this Action.

REQUEST NO. 31: A complete copy of all the Facebook information from January 1,

2018, to the present, for any Facebook account currently or previously maintained by You. You

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can download a complete copy of such information by logging into each applicable Facebook

account, choosing “Settings & Privacy,” choosing “Settings,” choosing “Your Facebook

Information,” and then choosing “Download Your Information.” On the “Download Your

Information” page, you can then select the date range of January 1, 2018 to the present, selecting

a Media Quality of “High” or “Medium,” and selecting “HTML” as the Format before clicking

“Create File.”

REQUEST NO. 32: All Documents identified in Section 2 of Your Initial Disclosures.

Dated: November 19, 2021 SPENCER FANE LLP

By: /s/ Randi J. Winter

Randi J. Winter, #0391354

Jose A. Castro, #0399696

100 South Fifth Street, Suite 2500

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: (612) 268-7000

Facsimile: (612) 268-7001

[email protected]

Attorneys for Defendant Whispering Pines Assisted

Living, Inc.

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TO: Plaintiff Weltee Wolo, Pro Se, 3140 Northdale Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, Minnesota

55433, [email protected]

Defendant Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc (“Defendant”), as and for its answers,

responses and objections to Plaintiff’s Interrogatories to Defendant (First Set) states as follows:

GENERAL OBJECTIONS

1. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent that they seek information

protected by the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, other applicable privilege, or

information that is protected by the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, federal law, or

Minnesota law.

2. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they are overly broad in

terms of time and/or scope, unduly burdensome, oppressive, vague, ambiguous, harassing, and/or

unreasonable.

3. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they seek information not

relevant to any party’s claims or defenses, and are not proportional to the needs of the case,

considering the importance of the issues at stake in the actions, the amounts in controversy, the

parties’ relative access to relevant information, the parties’ resources, the importance of the

STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF ANOKA TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case Type: Employment

Weltee Wolo,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Whispering Pines Assisted Living, Inc.,

Defendant.

Case No. ___________________

DEFENDANT’S ANSWERS TO

PLAINTIFF’S INTERROGATORIES TO

DEFENDANT (FIRST SET)

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discovery in resolving the issues, and whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery

outweighs its likely benefit.

4. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they seek information that is

already within Plaintiff’s possession, custody, or control, and is already within the knowledge of

Plaintiff.

5. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they are more appropriately

directed at a third party.

6. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they: (i) seek information

that is beyond the scope of discovery allowed pursuant to the Minnesota Rules of Civil

Procedure and/or other discovery guidelines; or (ii) seek to impose upon Defendant duties or

obligations beyond the scope of the applicable rules or governing authorities. Defendant does

not acquiesce, object to, and decline to be bound by Plaintiff’s definitions and instructions to the

extent that such definitions and instructions seek to impose burdens or obligations on Defendant

beyond those imposed by the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.

7. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent they assume or require

Defendant to reach or state a legal conclusion.

8. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories as premature to the extent they seek

Defendant’s ultimate factual or legal contentions prior to the close of discovery.

9. Defendant has not completed their investigation or discovery regarding the

relevant facts. Accordingly, Defendant’s responses are based upon information known to

Defendant as of the present date and subject to the reservation of rights set forth below.

10. Defendant objects to the Interrogatories to the extent that they seek discovery of

confidential, trade secret, proprietary, financial, or commercially sensitive documents or

information, the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of the constitutionally-

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protected right of privacy or could result in substantial competitive injury to Defendant’s

employer or breach by Defendant of an obligation to another to maintain such information as

confidential.

11. All of the General Objections set forth herein are incorporated by reference into

each and every specific Answer to each of Plaintiff’s Interrogatories, and all of the General

Objections shall have the same force and effect as if set forth fully therein. In the interest of

clarity, certain objections may be referred to specifically with respect to a particular

Interrogatory, but the failure to specifically restate a General Objection shall not be construed as

a waiver of any such objection, nor shall such lack of an objection be deemed an admission that

Defendant possess any of the information needed to respond to a particular Interrogatory.

DEFENDANT’S RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

Defendant makes the objections and responses herein without waiver of and with express

reservation regarding:

(a) all questions as to competency, relevancy, materiality, privilege and admissibility as evidence for any purpose, of its response or subject matter thereof, in any subsequent

proceeding in, or the trial of, this or any other action;

(b) the right to object to the use of any of said responses, or subject matter thereof, in any subsequent proceeding in, or the trial of, this or any other action;

(c) the right to object on any ground at any time to a demand for further response to these or any other discovery requests or other discovery procedures involving or relating to

the subject matter of the Interrogatories herein answered; and

(d) the right at any time to revise, correct, add to, or clarify any of the responses provided herein.

DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES

INTERROGATORY NO. 1:

Identify all individual who provided information, were consulted, or participated in the

preparation of the Answer to these Interrogatories, and specify the particular Answer(s) for which each

person was consulted, furnished information, or participated in preparing.

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ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 1:

Subject to and without waiving the foregoing General Objections, Defendant answers as

follows: Sharon Compton and Breanne Engberg were consulted in connection with the

preparation of the Answers to these Interrogatories. Jaclyn Vados also previously furnished

information used in the preparation of the Answers to these Interrogatories.

INTERROGATORY NO. 2:

Identify all individuals whom you believe have any information or knowledge, or claim

to have the same, with respect to any facts or matters relating to the allegations made in Plaintiffs

Complaint or Defendant's Answer. With respect to each individual, state the subject matter of

their knowledge, the date, place, and circumstances that Defendant obtained the knowledge, and

whether a statement was taken, and the individual’s address and telephone number.

ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 2:

In addition to the General Objections, Defendant objects that this Interrogatory is vague

and ambiguous. Defendant further objects to this Interrogatory on the grounds that it is unduly

burdensome. Defendant also objects to this Interrogatory on the grounds that it seeks information

that is already within Plaintiff’s possession, custody, or control, and is already within the

knowledge of Plaintiff. Defendant further objects to this Interrogatory to the extent it seeks

information protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. Subject to and

without waiving the foregoing Specific and General Objections, Defendant answers as follows:

Defendant refers Plaintiff to the persons identified in the parties’ Initial Disclosures

served in this matter, who may have personal knowledge and/or information relating to the

allegations in Plaintiff’s Complaint and the litigation in this matter. Further, individuals

identified in documents produced by the parties and individuals identified during any witness

deposition testimony may have personal knowledge or information relating to the allegations in

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Plaintiff’s Complaint and the litigation in this matter. Defendant reserves the right to supplement

this response as discovery is ongoing.

INTERROGATORY NO. 3:

Identify all documents known to you which you know or believe may contain facts or

information related to the claims asserted in Plaintiffs Complaint or Defendant’s Answer.

ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 3:

In addition to the General Objections, Defendant objects that this Interrogatory is

overboard and unduly burdensome, particularly because it purports to require Defendant to

identify “all documents” that may contain any facts or information whatsoever related to any of

the claims asserted in Plaintiff’s Complaint or Defendant’s Answer. Defendant also objects to

this Interrogatory on the grounds that it seeks information that is already within Plaintiff’s

possession, custody, or control, and is already within the knowledge of Plaintiff. Defendant

further objects to this Interrogatory to the extent it seeks information protected by the attorney-

client privilege or work product doctrine. Subject to and without waiving the foregoing Specific

and General Objections, Defendant answers that the documents identified in the parties’ Initial

Disclosures may contain facts or information related to the allegations in Plaintiff’s Complaint

and the litigation in this matter. Further, documents identified and produced by the parties and

documents identified during any witness deposition testimony may contain facts or information

related to the allegations in Plaintiff’s Complaint and the litigation in this matter. Defendant

reserves the right to supplement this response as discovery is ongoing.

INTERROGATORY NO. 4:

With respect to Plaintiff, state the date of her original hire, all employment end dates, all

employment rehire dates, and her salary or rate of pay during each period of employment

beginning in 2017 – present, her total earnings for her entire employment, all

promotions/raises/bonuses/demotions received, all job titles, and all fringe benefits received

including holidays vacation pay, pension plans, and insurance/benefit programs.

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ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 4:

In addition to the General Objections, Defendant objects that this Interrogatory is

overboard and unduly burdensome, particularly regarding the scope and time of materials sought.

Defendant further objects that this Interrogatory seeks information that is not relevant to any

party’s claim or defense and is not proportional to the needs of the case. Defendant also objects

to this Interrogatory on the grounds that it seeks information that is already within Plaintiff’s

possession, custody, or control, and is already within the knowledge of Plaintiff. Defendant

further objects to this Interrogatory to the extent it seeks informa