What is the test for determining whether an error contributed to a jury's verdict in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barnard, G049319 (Cal. App. 2015):
"'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. Neal, supra, 31 Cal.4th at p. 86.) "Thus, the focus is what the jury actually decided and whether the error might have tainted its decision." (People v. Neal, supra, at p. 86.)
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