State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) filed this subrogation action against Sarah Lynn Storer (“Storer”), on March 5, 2020, arising out of payments made under an insurance policy for a July 29, 2019 automobile collision.
State Farm insured Joshua Beene (“Beene”) and paid $5,473.91 for collision damage, and as consideration for that payment, Beene assigned or subrogated his claims and demands against any person to State Farm. (Complaint, ¶ 5.) State Farm alleges that Storer caused collision damage to Beene’s vehicle while it was lawfully parked on public streets in San Luis Obispo, California. (Id., ¶¶ 10, 11.)
Century-National Insurance Company (“Century”) now moves for leave to intervene in the action pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 387, on the ground that Century insured Storer at the time of the motor vehicle accident that gives rise to this action, and Century has been unable to obtain her cooperation in defending against State Farm’s claims. Cen