McCoy v. Black

JOPLIN, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant/Appellant Ed J. Black, D.C. (Appellant) seeks review of the trial court’s order granting the motion to compel payment of expert witness fees filed by Plaintiff/Appellee Cheryl McCartney (Appel-lee) after Appellant refused to pay expert witness fees to one of Appellee’s expert witnesses for time spent in preparation for and taking of a deposition. In this proceeding, Appellant asserts the trial court erred in requiring Appellant to pay expert witness fees arguing that Appellee’s witness, a therapist to whom Appellee’s counsel had referred Appellee, was a “treating”…