Lee v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASS'N

Opinion

SILLS, P. J.

The real issue in this case is whether a person may be sued for something he or she has not yet done.

I

Here are the facts. In 1988 Cynthia Diane Lee was the manager of branch operations at a Bank of America branch in Costa Mesa. She complained to her supervisor about various safety hazards at the branch, including exposed electrical wiring, broken metal cabinets with jagged edges, teller carts with broken wheels, loose lighting fixtures, chairs with broken casters and exposed nails and tacks, a broken stairway rail, lack of adequate drinking water and tom stair floor. She…