Howard Entertainment, Inc. v. Kudrow

TURNER, P. J., Concurring.

I concur.

I would apply the deferential abuse of discretion standard of review to the ruling striking the declaration of Martin Bauer. Admissibility of evidence issues, even in the summary judgment context, are reviewed under the majority rule for an abuse of discretion. Every single Court of Appeal decision in the past one-half decade has applied the abuse of discretion standard of review in the summary judgment context to admissibility of evidence contentions. (Barker v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012) 206 Cal.App.4th 140, 146-147 [141 Cal.Rptr.3d 616]; Shugart v.…