What is the test for the exclusion of propensity evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Castaneda, B261363 (Cal. App. 2016):
It has long been the rule that evidence of a person's character, including "evidence of specific instances of his or her conduct," is "inadmissible when offered to prove his or her conduct on a specified occasion." (Evid. Code, 1101, subd. (a); see People v. Ewoldt (1994) 7 Cal.4th 380, 392 [noting exclusion of propensity evidence "'was a part of "the early law of England"'"], superseded by statute on another ground as stated in
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