What is the test for determining the admissibility of evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Elliott, A123711, No. 050717116 (Cal. App. 2011):
A trial court has broad discretion in determining the admissibility of evidence. "The exercise of discretion is not grounds for reversal unless "the court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." ' [Citations.]" (People v. Ochoa (2001) 26 Cal.4th 398, 437-438.)
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