Opinion ID: 2135631
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Dr. Hulbert's Minnesota Testimony

Text: Kunnanzes assert that the trial court erred in excluding sworn trial and deposition testimony of Dr. Hulbert in the Minnesota lawsuit to impeach hearsay statements by Dr. Hulbert in Ernest's medical records from the University of Minnesota Hospital. Kunnanzes did not call Dr. Hulbert to testify in this case, but attempted to introduce his trial and deposition testimony from the Minnesota lawsuit. They indicated their purpose was to impeach hearsay statements in a diagram showing damage to Ernest's ureter at the University of Minnesota. However, Kunnanzes do not dispute that the diagram was not prepared by Dr. Hulbert and that Ernest's other medical records from the University of Minnesota were introduced by them. Dr. Edge did not participate in the Minnesota trial, and the record in this court does not explicitly detail the exact nature of the proffered evidence. See N.D.R.Ev. 103(a)(2). In this context, we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding Dr. Hulbert's trial and deposition testimony from the Minnesota lawsuit.