What is the test for a finding by the Court of Appeal in a motor vehicle accident case?

In our review of the evidence: "'[A]ll conflicts must be resolved in favor of the [prevailing party], and all legitimate and reasonable inferences indulged in to uphold the [finding] if possible. It is an elementary, but often overlooked principle of law, that when a [finding] is attacked as being unsupported, the power of the appellate court begins and ends with a determination as to whether there is any substantial evidence, contradicted or uncontradicted, which will support the [finding]. When two or more inferences can be reasonably deduced from the facts, the reviewing court is without power to substitute its deductions for those of the trial court.'" (Western States, supra, 9 Cal.4th at p. 571, quoting Crawford v. Southern Pac. Co. (1935) 3 Cal.2d 427, 429.) The same is true for a damages award; we affirm if the record, viewed most favorably to the award, discloses

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