Opinion ID: 1860646
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Availability and Cost of Compulsory Process for Attendance of Unwilling Witnesses

Text: ¶ 32. ICRR contends that all of the witnesses disclosed in discovery are located outside of Mississippi, and that it does not have the use of compulsory process for those witnesses who reside in Tennessee and Kentucky. While this is true, it must be recognized that in cases such as this, where it is the norm for employees to work across state lines, that no state would ever be perfectly convenient on this standpoint. Further, it would be appropriate for ICRR to compel video depositions of any out-of-state witnesses that could later be shown to the jury. As stated above, some of ICRR's witnesses are within the state. Further, at least two co-worker witnesses are residents of Mississippi. Clearly, this case is distinguishable from Tircuit where no witnesses could be found in Mississippi.