What is the test for overturning an evidentiary ruling?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Richard v. Scott, 144 Cal.Rptr. 672, 79 Cal.App.3d 57 (Cal. App. 1978):
2 An erroneous evidentiary ruling may, of course, be an error in law for which a new trial may be granted. (Code Civ. Proc., 657, subd. (7); Holling v. Chandler, 241 Cal.App.2d 19, 23, 50 Cal.Rptr. 219.)
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