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Beverly Hills personal injury lawyer
Our Los Angeles County home office. We handle crashes on Wilshire, Santa Monica and Olympic, the rideshare corridors around the Sunset nightlife district, and premises claims across the Westside.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BASICS
Deadline: 2 years from injury; 6 months for claims against a public entity.
Fault rule: pure comparative negligence — partial fault reduces but never bars recovery.
Where cases are filed: LA County Superior Court — commonly Santa Monica or Stanley Mosk.
Minimum auto coverage: often far below what a serious injury costs — UM/UIM matters here.
WHAT WE SEE HERE
Westside cases have their own patterns
Beverly Hills traffic is dense, slow and full of turning conflicts — which produces a high volume of low-speed impacts that insurers dismiss as too minor to injure anyone. That argument fails when the medical documentation is built properly, and it is the single most common fight we have in this market.
The second pattern is rideshare. Pickup and drop-off density around the Sunset Strip, Rodeo Drive and the Wilshire hotel corridor means double-parked stops, mid-block passenger doors and distracted drivers watching the app instead of the crosswalk. Those cases live or die on the trip data.
Third: premises claims in retail and hospitality settings, where the property is managed by one company, maintained by another and insured by a third. Sorting out who owed the duty is most of the work.
Los Angeles questions
Ask about your caseHow long do I have to file in Los Angeles County?＋
Short answer: Two years from the date of injury — but only six months if a public entity is involved.
California Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1 sets the two-year personal injury deadline. Claims involving a city bus, a county vehicle, a Metro property or a dangerous roadway condition require a government claim within six months, and missing that presentation deadline usually ends the case regardless of how strong it was.
Where would my case be filed?＋
Short answer: Los Angeles County Superior Court, most often the Santa Monica or Stanley Mosk courthouse.
Assignment depends on where the incident happened. Venue affects timelines, jury pools and how quickly a case reaches trial, which is one reason local experience is worth more than a national brand with a call center.
The other driver only had minimum insurance. What now?＋
Short answer: Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage becomes the primary source of recovery.
California minimum liability limits are far below the cost of a serious injury, and a meaningful share of drivers carry nothing at all. We ask for your declarations page on the first call specifically to find coverage you may not know you have — UM/UIM, MedPay, and in some cases coverage through a household relative’s policy.
Do you handle Uber and Lyft cases in Beverly Hills?＋
Short answer: Yes — it is our sharpest specialty, and the Westside pickup corridors generate a lot of them.
The key question is the driver’s app status at impact, which determines whether $1,000,000 of coverage applies or roughly $50,000. We send preservation demands for trip and telematics data immediately. See our rideshare page for how the coverage periods work.