Curry v. Delta International Machinery Corporation

Full title: ROBERT CURRY Plaintiff, v. DELTA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CORPORATION and…

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 31, 2008

Civil Action No. 07-0828 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 31, 2008)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 07-0828.

October 31, 2008

ORDER

GARY LANCASTER, District Judge

AND NOW, this 31^st day of October, 2008, having reviewed the Motion to Compel Expert Deposition at Reasonable Hourly Rate and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4)(C)(i), which states that "the court must require that the party seeking discovery . . . pay the expert a reasonable fee for time spent in responding to discovery under Rule 26(b)(4)(a) or (B)," we find that $750 per hour is a reasonable rate for payment of an expert under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4).

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that defendants' Motion to Compel Expert Deposition at Reasonable Hourly Rate is GRANTED and it is ORDERED that the deposition of Dr. Goitz proceed on November 7, 2008 and that Dr. Goitz be paid for his time at an hourly rate not to exceed $750 per hour.