What is the test for excluding prejudicial evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cornett, B275173 (Cal. App. 2017):
more prejudicial than probative." (People v. Casas (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 889, 896; see also People v. Fontana (2010) 49 Cal.4th 351, 362.) Under Evidence Code section 352, a trial court "may 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."
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