Anderson v. Nissei ASB MacH. Co., Ltd.

¶ 42 The trial judge repeatedly ruled the evidence about “drool” to be inadmissibly speculative and irrelevant.6 His evidentiary rulings are entitled to considerable deference. See Maxwell v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 143 Ariz. 205, 213, 693 P.2d 348, 356 (App. 1984). Having allowed Anderson latitude in his attempt to establish a foundation for his “drool” theory to explain the modification of this equipment, the court said, “... I don’t think that the fact that there is drool in the machine is relevant.” The judge indicated, “[b]ut there is no evidence, that’s speculation as to what happened, why…