Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
482 U.S. 437 (1987) Cited 2,681 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that expert witness fees are not available under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d) because "when a prevailing party seeks reimbursement for fees paid to its own expert witnesses, a federal court is bound by the limit of § 1821(b), absent contract or explicit statutory authority to the contrary"
Kivi v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
695 F.2d 1285 (11th Cir. 1983) Cited 75 timesConcluding that the entitlement to expert witness fees as costs under the Florida Statutes is not a substantive right
In re Mentor Corp. Obtape Transobturator Sling Prods. Liab. Litig.
MDL Docket No. 2004 (M.D. Ga. Oct. 25, 2016)MDL Docket No. 2004 4:08-MD-2004 (CDL) Case No. 4:12-cv-176 (Taylor) 10-25-2016 IN RE MENTOR CORP. OBTAPE TRANSOBTURATOR SLING PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION CLAY D. LAND CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ORDER The jury found in favor of Plaintiff Teresa Taylor and against Mentor Worldwide, LLC on Taylor's product liability claims based on her experience with Mentor's suburethral sling product, ObTape Transobturator Tape. The jury awarded Taylor $400,000.00 in compensatory
Section 1920 - Taxation of costs
28 U.S.C. § 1920 Cited 12,427 times 90 Legal AnalysesReferring only once to "expenses," and doing so solely to refer to special interpretation services provided in actions initiated by the United States