What is the burden of proving that a party has made a mistake in making a claim for damages?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Hopper Properties v. Payless Shoesource, Inc., F060235, Super. Ct. No. CV-259162 (Cal. App. 2011):

First, "[t]he burden rests upon the party complaining not only to show error but also to show that the error is sufficiently prejudicial to justify a reversal." (Coleman v. Farwell (1929) 206 Cal. 740, 741.)

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