Aquino

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Scott’s Complaint On July 30, 2018, April Scott (Scott) filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Reed Jobs (Jobs), Jennie Forni (Forni), Anthony Caesar Aquino (Aquino), Pacific Ocean Auto Parts Co. (Pacific Ocean Auto), and others, alleging that Scott was involved in three separate automobile accidents in three different counties in 2017 and could not determine which accident caused her injuries. According to the complaint, the first accident occurred in April 2017 in San Mateo County, when Jobs was unable to stop his car in time and struck the rear end of a vehicle that collided with Scott’s vehicle. The second accident occurred on August 2017 in Alameda County, when Scott was rear-ended by Forni after traffic came to a stop on I-880. The third accident occurred in September 2017 in Contra Costa County, when Scott was rear-ended on southbound I-680 by a car that had been struck by Aquino, who was employed by, and working in the scope of his employment with, Pacific Ocean Auto. In filing her complaint in Alameda County, Scott based venue on the location of the Forni accident. (See § 395 [venue proper in personal injury action…