What is the standard of prejudice review in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vaughn, D074031 (Cal. App. 2018):
Under the Chapman standard of prejudice review, the beneficiary of the error must " ' "prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained." [Citation.] "To say that an error did not contribute to the ensuing verdict is . . . to find that error unimportant in relation to everything else the jury considered on the issue in question, as revealed in the record." ' " (People v. Pearson
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