What is relevant evidence in a personal injury action?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ross, B263980 (Cal. App. 2017):

"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.) We review a trial court's relevance determination under the deferential abuse of discretion standard. [Citation.]" (People v. Jablonski (2006) 37 Cal.4th 774, 821.) If the evidence was relevant, we determine "'whether the trial court abused its discretion under Evidence Code section 352 in finding that the probative value of the [evidence] was not substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission would create a substantial danger of undue prejudice.' [Citation.]" (People v. Heard (2003) 31 Cal.4th 946, 972.) We may not disturb the trial court's ruling on the admissibility of evidence "'except on a showing the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.' [Citation.]" (People v. Goldsmith (2014) 59 Cal.4th 258, 266.)

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