Harris v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

ORDER RE: PAYMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT

MCCURINE, United States Magistrate Judge.

On March 3, 2005 an issue arose in the above captioned matter during the deposition of Plaintiffs testifying expert, Mr. Reed Settle. According to Defendants, “[a]fter approximately 15 minutes of preliminaries, Lynn Hubbard, Plaintiffs counsel, abruptly terminated the deposition and walked out with Mr. Settle.” Defs.’ Brief at 1. The reason for their abrupt departure was that Plaintiffs counsel demanded immediate payment for Mr. Settle’s time at the rate of $250.00 an hour and Defendants’ counsel indicated he did…