Rule 114.07 - 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)Inadmissibility. 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.(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.Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 114.07
Amended effective 1/1/2023; amended effective 1/1/2023.Advisory Committee Comments - 2022 Amendments
Rule 114.07 is substantially identical to former Rule 114.08, though former Rule 114.08(e) is relocated to new Rule 114.08(a).