How does the Court of Appeal review the findings and judgment in a personal injury action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Connelly v. Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Ass'n, 138 Cal.App.2d 303, 291 P.2d 501 (Cal. App. 1956):
Appellants concede that under the well established rules of appellate practice, the power of a reviewing court, where sufficiency of evidence is attacked, begins and ends with the inquiry whether there is any substantial evidence in support [138 Cal.App.2d 306] of the findings and judgment. Mead v. Smith, 106 Cal.App.2d 1, 3, 234 P.2d 705.
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