How have courts treated self-serving statements by a defendant in a civil case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Disa, 1 Cal.App.5th 654, 204 Cal.Rptr.3d 870 (Cal. App. 2016):

People v. Silva (2001) 25 Cal.4th 345, 369, 106 Cal.Rptr.2d 93, 21 P.3d 769 [A rational trier of fact could disbelieve those portions of defendant's statements that were obviously self-serving ...].)

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