Evans

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts1

On February 20, 2016, Greg Kawczynski (Kawczynski) got into an accident when his car collided with a car driven by Richard Evans (Evans) at an intersection in San Pedro, California. At the time of the accident, Kawczynski was a volunteer for the Long Beach chapter of Organizing for Action (OFA). OFA is a nationwide issue advocacy and advocacy educational group headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It was

Consistent with the substantial evidence review standard applicable in this case, we set forth the facts in the light most favorable to the trial court’s ruling.

2 formed in 2013 and dissolved in 2019. OFA was a “bottom-up” organization that relied on locally formed chapters of volunteers. During its existence, OFA organized “National Days of Action,” for which it “strongly urged” but did not require local chapters to host events geared toward a specific policy issue on the same day or days. In February 2016, OFA invited its local chapters to participate in a National Day of Action regarding the potential nomination of then-Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court. At that time, Kawczynski was the co-“chapter…