Q: Can a private investigator who conducted interviews but failed to get signatures still testify in court
Filling to get signatures can the pi testify in court to their discussion they had with informants? Some did have depositions, others did not but 13 Witnesses have died on this case prior to trial. The case has run out of witnesses for the plaintiff as the remaining until too afraid to appear in court. Attempting to find a way to get their information across (as the new attorney States) they cannot use any of the interviews or PI, and only portions of some of the depositions and none of the depositions from the deceased date of numerous changes of attorneys on defense, any last-minute change by the plaintiff.
This is a wrongful death case. It has taken eight years to try to appear in court. Changes in defense lawyers, multiple changes in judges, changes in the courtroom availability, have led to this. The plaintiff was referred by her physician to an unqualified provider for 7 months who hired untrained staff, provided narcotics without a license, and with a cap on the needle claims
A: Yes. Prior statements to others can come into evidence through applicable hearsay exceptions.
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