# J.M. v. Huntington Beach Union High School District

Canonical: https://californiapersonalinjurylaws.com/cases/jm/

Supreme Court of California, 2017. 2 Cal.5th 648, slip op., pp. 1–2.

Reviewed by Andrew (Andy) R. Gillin; publisher reported approval 2026-11-04. The original review date was not supplied.

## Case background

Read the opinion for the full facts and procedural history.

## What the court decided

A child missed the time to seek court relief after a late-claim request was denied. Being a child did not erase that separate deadline.

## Limits

A child’s age does not pause every government-claim step. Do not assume a late claim will be allowed.

## Opinion

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2017/s230510.html