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Parties Involved:
BHP Billiton Petroleum (Fayetteville) LLC
Defendant
Mary Ann May
Plaintiff
Kenneth Joe May
Plaintiff
Cindy Snowden
Plaintiff
Steve Snowden
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

KENNETH JOE MAY; MARY ANN MAY; 

STEVE SNOWDEN; and CINDY SNOWDEN 

v. No. 4:13-cv-494-DPM 

PLAINTIFFS 

BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM (Fayetteville) LLC DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

Joint report, NQ 125, noted. BHP is not obligated to pay for plaintiff 

May's expenses or time, or for counsel's time, related to the canceled 

deposition. BHP must pay McArthur his standard (albeit high) hourly rate 

($500) for time in deposition per the transcript. BHP shall also pay each expert 

for one additional hour beyond transcript time on the day of deposition to 

cover breaks, getting to and from the place of deposition, and the like. BHP 

is not obligated to pay for deposition preparation time. This would be 

contrary to usual practice in this district. And absent some prior specific 

agreement between counsel, which the Court does not see, BHP has no 

obligation to pay any expert's travel expenses. Counsel sometimes trade 

expense reimbursement for location. But that apparently didn't happen here. 

Case 4:13-cv-00494-DPM Document 128 Filed 09/16/15 Page 1 of 2
Joint report, NQ 125, addressed. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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Case 4:13-cv-00494-DPM Document 128 Filed 09/16/15 Page 2 of 2