What is the test for sufficient evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Solomon, B218756, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA085671 (Cal. App. 2010):
To be sufficient, evidence must be substantial. (People v. Perez (1992) 2 Cal.4th 1117, 1133.)" 'It is such only if it " 'reasonably inspires confidence and is of "solid value." ' " By definition, "substantial evidence" requires evidence and not mere speculation. In any given case, one "may speculate about any number of scenarios that may have occurred.... A reasonable inference, however, may not be based on
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