Nonnenmacher v. Walsh CA4/1
Lynne Nonnenmacher appeals from a judgment in favor of Denise Walsh. The trial court entered the judgment after a jury rendered a verdict finding that Walsh was not negligent. On appeal, Nonnenmacher raises 19 separately captioned arguments. Sixteen of the 19 arguments pertain to evidentiary rulings made by the trial court. The other three arguments pertain to alleged procedural errors committed by the trial court. The record on appeal does not contain any reporter's transcripts from either the proceedings pertaining to these rulings or from the jury trial.
Our state constitution provides that a court may not reverse a judgment based on a trial court's erroneous evidentiary or procedural rulings unless the reviewing court determines, after an "examination of the entire cause, including the evidence," that the errors "resulted in a miscarriage of justice." (Cal. Const., art. VI, § 13, italics added.) Without a reporter's transcript of the trial in
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