What is relevant evidence in a personal injury action?

Relevant evidence is evidence "having any tendency in reason to prove or disprove any disputed fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action." (Evid. Code, 210.) A trial court has broad latitude in determining the relevance of evidence. (People v. Richardson (2008) 43 Cal.4th 959, 1001.) Such determinations are reviewed for an abuse of discretion. (Ibid.) Relevant evidence may be excluded under Evidence Code section 352: "[T]he court in its discretion may exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission will (a) necessitate undue consumption of time or (b) create substantial danger of undue

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