What is the test for limiting or excluding evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hayes, E063730 (Cal. App. 2017):
undue consumption of time or . . . create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues, or of misleading the jury" [citation], the court may exercise its discretion to limit the evidence, or, if the circumstances so justify, exclude it altogether." (People v. Baldwin, supra, 189 Cal.App.4th at p. 1005.)
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