What is the abuse of the abuse standard for overturning a judgment in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, (Cal. 2013):
"Under the abuse of discretion standard, 'a trial court's ruling will not be disturbed, and reversal of the judgment is not required, unless the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.' " (People v. Hovarter (2008) 44 Cal.4th 983, 1004.) We cannot say on this record that the trial court acted in such
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