Use of ADR Evidence in Court

(a) Evidence. Without the consent of all parties and an order of the court, except as provided in paragraph (c), no evidence from an ADR process or any fact concerning the ADR process may be admitted in any later proceeding involving any of the issues or parties. (b) Inadmissability. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 595.02, and except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (d), no statements made nor documents produced in non-binding ADR processes that are not otherwise discoverable shall be subject to discovery or other disclosure. Such evidence is inadmissible for any purpose at a later trial, including for impeachment. (c) Adjudicative Evidence. Evidence in consensual special magistrate proceedings, binding arbitration, or in non-binding arbitration after the period for a demand for trial expires, may be used in later proceedings for any purpose for which it is admissible under the rules of evidence. Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE 88 MINNESOTA COURT RULES (d) Sworn Testimony. Sworn testimony in a summary jury trial may be used in later proceedings for any purpose for which it is admissible under the rules of evidence. (Added effective July 1, 1994; amended effective July 1, 1997; amended effective January 1, 2005; amended effective January 1, 2023.) Advisory Committee Comments - 2022 Amendments