MAY v. BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM (FAYETTEVILLE) LLC, 4:13-cv-494-DPM. (2015)
Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20150918770
Visitors: 19
Filed: Sep. 16, 2015
Latest Update: Sep. 16, 2015
Summary: ORDER D. P. MARSHALL, Jr. , District Judge . Joint report, N o 125, noted. BHP is not obligated to pay for plaintiff May's expenses or time, or for counsel's time, related to the canceled deposition. BHP must pay McArthur his standard (albeit high) hourly rate ($500) for time in deposition per the transcript. BHP shall also pay each expert for one additional hour beyond transcript time on the day of deposition to cover breaks, getting to and from the place of deposition, and the like
Summary: ORDER D. P. MARSHALL, Jr. , District Judge . Joint report, N o 125, noted. BHP is not obligated to pay for plaintiff May's expenses or time, or for counsel's time, related to the canceled deposition. BHP must pay McArthur his standard (albeit high) hourly rate ($500) for time in deposition per the transcript. BHP shall also pay each expert for one additional hour beyond transcript time on the day of deposition to cover breaks, getting to and from the place of deposition, and the like...
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ORDER
D. P. MARSHALL, Jr., District Judge.
Joint report, No 125, noted. BHP is not obligated to pay for plaintiff May's expenses or time, or for counsel's time, related to the canceled deposition. BHP must pay McArthur his standard (albeit high) hourly rate ($500) for time in deposition per the transcript. BHP shall also pay each expert for one additional hour beyond transcript time on the day of deposition to cover breaks, getting to and from the place of deposition, and the like. BHP is not obligated to pay for deposition preparation time. This would be contrary to usual practice in this district. And absent some prior specific agreement between counsel, which the Court does not see, BHP has no obligation to pay any expert's travel expenses. Counsel sometimes trade expense reimbursement for location. But that apparently didn't happen here. Joint report, No 125, addressed.
So Ordered.
Source: Leagle
