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.'" (People v. Scott (2011) 52 Cal.4th 452, 490, quoting Evid. Code, 210.) "The issue of the relevance of evidence is left to the sound discretion of the trial court, and the exercise of that discretion will not be reversed absent a showing of abuse. [Citations.] That

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discretion is only abused where there is a clear showing the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason . . . . [Citations.]" (People v. DeJesus (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 1, 32.)