Legal Question in Business Law in North Carolina
pay for testimony
How does the law read with respect to receiving pay for testimony in court? I don't mean in an expert witness context. If someone has information that a plantiff may need to prove his/her case against someone, but the plantiff is not aware that the person has this information, can the plantiff legally pay the ''informant'' for said information? Is this legal?
In the above context, please assume the plantiff is a for-profit company and the defendant is a former employee of the company who had been terminated for cause.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: pay for testimony
The plaintiff in any particular case is free to make whatever arrangements are reasonably required to secure the testimony of a witness which it believes is necessary for its case in chief, including room, board and travel arrangements.
However, none of these inducements can be utilized to suborn perjured testimony from any witness who might be willing to testify in the plaintiff's case.
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