How have the courts interpreted the definition of substantial evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from City of S. S.F. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 20 Cal.App.5th 881, 229 Cal.Rptr.3d 518 (Cal. App. 2018):
his CSSF employment. CSSF insists that this determination lacks support in substantial evidence. " [S]ubstantial evidence means evidence which, if true, has probative force on the issues. It is more than a mere scintilla, and means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.... It must be reasonable in nature, credible, and of solid value...." ( Braewood Convalescent Hospital v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1983) 34 Cal.3d 159, 164, 193 Cal.Rptr. 157, 666 P.2d 14, italics omitted.)
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