Cano

FACTS

On April 18, 2015, Charles Michael Bledsoe was exiting a Wells Fargo parking lot in his car when he hit Davin Cano, who was on his motorcycle. On June 3, 2016, Davin and his wife, Edie, filed suit against Bledsoe and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which owned the parking lot Bledsoe was exiting. On July 7, 2016, plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint alleging causes of action for (1) “motor vehicle,” (2) “premises liability,” and (3) “general negligence.” On May 23, 2017, Bledsoe was deposed. Plaintiffs learned at the deposition Bledsoe had been working for the District for 25 years but was driving his own vehicle the day of the accident. Bledsoe attended a professional development workshop that day for his job with the District and stopped at the Wells Fargo on his way home to activate an ATM card. He served on the board of directors of the Kern Association for the Education of Young Children, and the ATM card was for expenditures for that organization. On June 9, 2017, more than two years after the accident, plaintiffs amended their complaint, adding the District as a defendant. On July 31, 2017, the District answered. The answer’s fifth affirmative defense asserted…