What is the test for establishing relevance of evidence in a personal injury case?

Once the relevance of evidence is established, a court may then weigh the quality and the strength of the evidence (its probative value) against the probability that the evidence will "necessitate undue consumption of time or . . . create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues, or of misleading the jury." ( 352.) "The weighing process under section 352 depends upon the trial court's consideration of the unique facts and issues of each case, rather than upon the mechanical application of automatic rules." (People v. Jennings (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 1301, 1314.)

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