Are there any comments made after the close of evidence or before it denied a motion to admit the defense expert testimony?

Shalaby relies heavily on these statements in an attempt to demonstrate the court should not have admitted the defense expert testimony. We are not persuaded. Comments the court made after the close of evidence or before it denied the new trial motion are simply not relevant to the issue of whether the court erred by admitting the expert testimony. (Mills v. Forestex Co. (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 625, 640 [we "review the trial court's ruling, not its rationale, [and] we are not bound by the explanation the lower court gave in support of its decision"].) As we concluded above, the admission of

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