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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Cloverdale Foods of Minnesota, Inc. v. Snacks, 580 N.W.2d 46 (1998)

Citation
Cloverdale Foods of Minnesota, Inc. v. Snacks, 580 N.W.2d 46 (1998)
Parent Document
Cloverdale Foods of Minnesota, Inc. v. Snacks, 580 N.W.2d 46 (1998)
Jurisdiction
Minnesota (state)
Effective Date
1998-06-09

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The trial court has discretion to admit or exclude evidence, and its decision will not be reversed unless it was an abuse of discretion or based on an erroneous view of the law. TMG Life Ins. Co. v. County of Goodhue, 540 N.W.2d 848, 851 (Minn.1995). A party is not entitled to reversal of a judgment based on an erroneous evidentiary ruling unless the party demonstrates that the error was prejudicial. Uselman v. Uselman, 464 N.W.2d 130, 138 (Minn.1990). An evidentiary error is prejudicial if the error might reasonably have changed the result of the trial. See Jenson v. Touche Ross & Co., 335 N.W.2d 720, 725 (Minn.1983) (erroneous exclusion of evidence); see also State v. Bolte, 530 N.W.2d 191, 198 (Minn.1995) (error in admitting evidence is prejudicial "if there is a reasonable possibility that the verdict might have been more favorable to the defendant if the evidence had not been admitted").