Chism v. CNH AMERICA LLC

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• recognizing we will only reverse based upon an evidentiary ruling if the error is a clear abuse of discretion and affects the substantial rights of a party or “had more than a slight influence on the verdict” (quotation omitted)
• affirming exclusion of expert testimony under Fed. R. Evid. 403 that was “minimally probative, cumulative, and [that] would have unnecessarily confused the issue”
• recognized that Rule 403 may properly be used to exclude evidence that could result in a “trial within a trial” that is not justified its probative value

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