Legal Opinion

Jochims v. Isuzu Motors, Ltd.

District Court, S.D. Iowa

Decided March 25, 1992No. 3-89-CV-70109PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the court on the increasingly troublesome question of the reasonableness of the fee charged by an adverse expert witness to the opposing party for the expert’s deposition. Plaintiff Jochims retained expert witness, Dr. Andrezj Nalecz, and is seeking compensation for his deposition at an hourly rate of $500.00 from Defendant Isuzu Motors, Ltd.1

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.

This is a products liability suit in which Plaintiff alleges that a 1986 Isuzu Trooper II motor vehicle rolled over causing Plaintiff severe injury. The $500.00 per…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, Third-Party v. Hamilton and Voeller, Inc., an Idaho Corporation Detweiler Bros., Inc., an Idaho Corporation Envirotech Corporation, D/B/A Envirotech Systems, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Doing Business in Idaho, Third-Party Defendants/ United States of America v. The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, Third-Party v. Hamilton and Voeller, Inc., an Idaho Corporation, Third-Party and Envirotech Corporation, D/B/A Envirotech Systems, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
  3. Anthony v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1985
  4. Goldwater v. Postmaster General of United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1991
  5. Hurst v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1988

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Magee v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997
  2. New York v. Solvent Chemical Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 2002
  3. Hose v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1994
  4. Edin v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1999
  5. Massasoit v. CarterDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2005

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