What is the test for admitting or excluding evidence in a personal injury action?

fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action." (Evid. Code, 210.) The trial court has discretion to exclude evidence "if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission will (a) necessitate undue consumption of time or (b) create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues, or of misleading the jury." (Evid. Code, 352.) We review a court's decision to admit or exclude evidence for abuse of discretion, and we will not disturb that decision "except on a showing the ... court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." (People v. Rodriguez (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1, 9-10.)