Breaux v. Romero & Associates, Inc.

JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.

Defendants, Romero & Associates, Inc. and P & I Underwriters, appeal a judgment of the trial court granting that part of plaintiffs, Alee Joseph Breaux, Jr.’s, motion for summary judgment increasing his rate of maintenance from $15.00 to $32.50 per day and ordering defendants to pay expert witness and court reporting fees in connection with the deposition of Dr. William Foster. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

FACTS

This case arises out of an accident which happened aboard the vessel Stephen B on November 9, 1992. Plaintiff, Alee Breaux, a deckhand on the…