When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, can the reviewing court substitute its decision for that of the trial court?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Acevedo v. Akhtar, E064057 (Cal. App. 2017):

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.'" (Gamet v. Blanchard (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 1276, 1283.)

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