Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University v. Superior Court

Opinion

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Real party in interest Brian J. Umana fell from his dormitory loft bed on February 15, 2003, when he was a sophomore living on campus at petitioner Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford). Exactly two years after the date of his fall, he filed a personal injury complaint in propria persona alleging that he had sustained a serious head injury in the fall due to Stanford’s negligence. When Brian’s deposition was taken by Stanford’s attorney, Brian admitted that he had not actually signed the complaint and that…