How have the courts treated the opening brief in a personal injury case?

Next, as we have noted, his actual claim of errorthat the trial court abused its discretion in not requiring wife to produce the documentsis not headed as such. Points raised in the opening brief must be set forth separately under an appropriate heading, showing the nature of the question to be presented and the point to be made. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a)(1)(B); Opdyk v. California Horse Racing Bd. (1995) 34 Cal.App.4th 1826, 1830, fn. 4.)

Despite these irregularities, we reach the merits of this claim of error.

1. Background