Opinion ID: 751368
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Robert Cengr

Text: 51 Fusibond seeks $1,257.40 in total costs for the deposition of plaintiff Robert Cengr. This bill represents $182.00 for the services of a court reporter 14 and $1,075.40 for an expedited transcript. The costs of the court reporter were properly taxed against plaintiff. However, plaintiff argues that the cost of his transcript should be reduced because defendant delayed five months in ordering the deposition. Cengr was deposed on May 10, 1996, but Fusibond did not order the transcript until October 25, 1996, and then did so on an expedited basis at a cost of $3.80 per page. Defendant counters that it delayed in ordering Cengr's deposition transcript because it thought Cengr would settle the case. While defendant may have been waiting for the plaintiff to settle, it seems only natural that settlement or no settlement, the deposition of the plaintiff was important to order. Defendant cannot wait until the last minute, incur additional expenses from its delay, and then stick plaintiff with the bill. Accordingly, we find that plaintiff is only responsible for ordinary service, or $3.00 per page for an original deposition transcript. Plaintiff should be taxed in the amount of $849.00 15 for the deposition transcript of Robert Cengr, plus $182.00 in court reporter services, for a total of $1,031.00. We therefore order plaintiff Robert Cengr to pay Fusibond $1,316.00 in costs. The parties shall bear their own costs of this appeal.