McDougal v. McCammon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “rulings on the admissibility of evidence . . . are committed to the discretion of the trial court”
• holding a surveillance videotape of a plaintiff was not a “statement” and thus was not hearsay
• stating that “[a]bsent a few exceptions, this Court will review evidentiary . . . rulings of the circuit court under an abuse of discretion standard.”
• finding that procedural rulings “must be made quickly, without unnecessary fear of reversal, and must be individualized to respond to the specific facts of each case”
• stating that “evidentiary decisions of a trial court are entitled to substantial deference”
• “Rulings on the admissibility of evidence ... are committed to the discretion of the trial court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).