Gober v. Khalaf

Patricia Gober appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict for Dr. Omar H. Khalaf on Gober's claims of assault, battery, and medical negligence. The issues in this case involve the admission or exclusion of evidence at trial.

A trial court has wide discretion to determine whether evidence is relevant, material, or remote and has wide discretion to exclude or to admit evidence, even if that evidence is of minor probative value, so long as that evidence sheds light on, but does not withdraw from, the main inquiry. See AmSouth Bank, N.A. v. Spigener, 505 So.2d 1030 (Ala. 1986); Ryan v. Acuff,…