Roberts v. Lemos

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Capetandiamentis Cia Mar S.A. (CCM), the successful defendant in a maritime tort action, appeals from the district court’s af-firmance of the District Court Clerk’s disal-lowance of two items of costs. On August 4, 1977, following his fall from a gangway leading to appellant’s vessel, Captain Shelby C. Roberts (Roberts), a Delaware River pilot, initiated an unseaworthiness action against CCM. On February 14, 1978, the district court on Roberts’ motion ordered CCM to produce the Master of the vessel for deposition in Wilmington, Delaware. CCM flew…