California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thompson v. People Coordinated Servs. of S. Cal., Inc., B263805 (Cal. App. 2018):
"We review a trial court's ruling on a motion in limine to exclude evidence for an abuse of discretion. [Citations.] The trial court's authority is particularly broad 'with respect to rulings that turn on the relevance of the proffered evidence.' [Citation.] Furthermore, '[i]t is for the trial court, in its discretion, to determine whether the probative value of relevant evidence is outweighed by a substantial danger of undue prejudice. The appellate court may not interfere with the trial court's determination . . . unless the trial court's determination was beyond the bounds of reason and resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.' [Citation.]" (McCoy v. Pacific Maritime Assn. (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 283, 295-296.)
To warrant reversal, therefore, the appellant must do more than "merely argu[e] that a different ruling would have been better." (Shaw v. County of Santa Cruz, supra, 170 Cal.App.4th
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