DEAR CARRIE: My colleagues and I work as pharmaceutical sales representatives on Long Island.
We went to an out-of-state sales meeting and later attended a football game. After the game two of my colleagues got into a scuffle. The colleague who threw the first punch was fired and has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit. His lawyer has asked me to testify for his client because I believe my dismissed colleague was provoked into a fight.
The problem is that I will have to take the day off and I will incur traveling expenses because the trial will be in New Jersey, where the company is based. And I am not sure I will be reimbursed. My colleague who is suing said the company should reimburse me. That doesn't seem right. Who should pay for my expenses and my lost day of income?
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