Surfside Estates II Condominium v. General Casualty Company of Wisconsin

Filing 72

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 61 Defendant's Motion to Compel.1) In advance of the deposition of Plaintiff's expert, Engineering Specialists Incorporated, Defendants shall pay the expert $2400 for four hours of exper t witness time.2) If at the close of the deposition, the expert's bill for preparation and deposition time exceeds $2400, the parties shall discuss the bill and attempt to resolve any dispute over the amount. If any dispute cannot be resolved within 15 days after the bill is submitted to defense counsel, the plaintiff shall move for judicial resolution of the dispute. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (JAB)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
SURFSIDE ESTATES II
CONDOMINIUM,
4:14CV3136
Plaintiff,
vs.

ORDER

GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF
WISCONSIN,
Defendant.
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion To Compel/Resolve Issues Concerning
Expert Depositions and Discovery, (Filing No. 61), is granted in part and denied in part
as follows:

1)

In advance of the deposition of Plaintiff’s expert, Engineering Specialists

Incorporated, Defendants shall pay the expert $2400 for four hours of expert witness
time.

2)

If at the close of the deposition, the expert’s bill for preparation and

deposition time exceeds $2400, the parties shall discuss the bill and attempt to resolve
any dispute over the amount. If any dispute cannot be resolved within 15 days after the
bill is submitted to defense counsel, the plaintiff shall move for judicial resolution of the
dispute.

August 30, 2015.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge