What is relevant evidence in a personal injury case?

Only relevant evidence is admissible. (Evid. Code, 350, 351.) 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.) The trial court has "wide discretion in determining relevance under this standard." (People v. Kelly (1992) 1 Cal.4th 495, 523.) Under Evidence Code

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section 352, "[a] trial court may exclude otherwise relevant evidence when its probative value is substantially outweighed by concerns of undue prejudice, confusion, or consumption of time." (People v. Scott (2011) 52 Cal.4th 452, 490.) "Evidence is substantially more prejudicial than probative [citation] if, broadly stated, it poses an intolerable 'risk to the fairness of the proceedings or the reliability of the outcome [citation].' " (People v. Waidla (2000) 22 Cal.4th 690, 724.)