Minnesota Administrative Rules

2770.9110 EVIDENCE.

The parties may offer evidence as they desire and shall produce additional evidence as the arbitration panel considers necessary to an understanding and determination of the issues. The arbitration panel shall be the judge of the relevancy and materiality of any evidence offered, and conformity to legal rules of evidence shall not be necessary. The parties are encouraged to offer, and the arbitration panel is encouraged to receive and consider, evidence by affidavit or other document, including medical reports, statements of witnesses, officers, accident reports, medical texts, and other similar written documents which would not ordinarily be admissible as evidence in the courts of this state. In receiving this evidence, the arbitration panel shall consider any objections to its admission in determining the weight to which it considers it is entitled.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 45.023; 72A.327

History:

15 SR 1264

Published Electronically:

September 14, 2007