What is the test for substituting a decision by a review court for that of the trial court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Galbiso v. Orosi Pub. Util. Dist., F059461, Super. Ct. No. VCU217318 (Cal. App. 2011):
of discretion is whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason. When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, the reviewing court has no authority to substitute its decision for that of the trial court." (Shamblin v. Brattain (1988) 44 Cal.3d 474, 478-479, italics added.)
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