What is the test for sufficient evidence in a medical malpractice case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fenderson, 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 12, 168, 116 Cal.Rptr.3d 17, 188 Cal.App.4th 625, 2010 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1 (Cal. App. 2010):
In determining the sufficiency of the evidence, we " 'must view the evidence in a light most favorable to respondent and presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence.' [Citations.]" ( People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 576-577, 162 Cal.Rptr. 431, 606 P.2d 738.) "Evidence, to be 'substantial' must be 'of ponderable legal significance ... reasonable in nature, credible, and of solid value.' [Citations.]" ( Id. at p. 576, 162 Cal.Rptr. 431, 606 P.2d 738.)
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