What is the test for admitting an expert's testimony in a personal injury case?

We find no abuse of the court's broad discretion in admitting the challenged testimony. (See People v. Dean (2009) 174 Cal.App.4th 186, 193 (Dean) [applying abuse of discretion standard to admission of hearsay in expert testimony].) As noted earlier, Evidence Code section 801, subdivision (b), generally permits an expert witness to base his or her opinion on matters made known to the expert, "whether or not admissible, that is of a type that reasonably may be relied upon by an expert in forming an opinion upon the subject to which his testimony relates." "As a general rule,

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