Garden Grove · Pedestrian Accidents
Garden Grove Pedestrian
Accident Lawyer
Hit crossing Harbor, Brookhurst, or Garden Grove Blvd? A trial lawyer with an office on Garden Grove Blvd, who speaks your language and does not settle cheap.
Garden Grove pedestrian injury claims, built for trial.
Garden Grove's main streets are wide, signalized, and lined with shopping plazas and driveways. That is hard terrain for anyone on foot. In the state's 2023 traffic safety rankings, 58 pedestrians were killed or injured in Garden Grove, ranking it 21st worst of 62 California cities its size.
Our Garden Grove office is at 13252 W Garden Grove Blvd. Attorney Harrison Le is a former public defender who has litigated more than 20 jury trials, and our team includes Vietnamese and Spanish speakers.
What to do after being hit by a car in Garden Grove
Call 911 and get the report number
On city streets, Garden Grove Police responds. Ask for the report number, and get the driver's name, plate, and insurance if you can.
Get medical care right away
Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center is on Garden Grove Blvd, and UCI Medical Center in Orange is the county's Level I trauma center.
Find the cameras
Storefronts, bus stops, and traffic signals along Harbor, Brookhurst, and Garden Grove Blvd often have video that is overwritten within days. Tell us where it happened and we will send preservation letters.
Write down what you remember
The signal, the crosswalk, which way the car was turning, and any witnesses. Details fade fast.
Call a lawyer before the insurer
The driver's insurer will look for a reason to blame you. You do not have to give a recorded statement.
Where Garden Grove pedestrians get hurt
These are the corridors that come up again and again, from the city's busiest streets.
Harbor BlvdLeft-turning drivers and driveway pull-outs
Brookhurst StWide signalized intersections and red-light runners
Garden Grove BlvdCommercial strip with frequent driveways
Beach Blvd (SR-39)High-speed state highway through the city
Westminster Ave & Bolsa AveBusy retail traffic in and around Little Saigon
Euclid St & Magnolia StSchool zones and residential crossings
Beach Blvd is a state highway. When a dangerous road condition on a city street or a state highway like Beach Blvd played a part, the claim runs against a public agency, and it must be presented within six months.
California pedestrian law in plain terms
Drivers must yield in crosswalks. Under Vehicle Code section 21950, a driver must yield to a pedestrian crossing in any marked crosswalk, or in an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
Crossing mid-block does not end your case. Outside a crosswalk, a pedestrian must yield to close traffic (section 21954), but the driver still owes due care. California uses comparative fault (Li v. Yellow Cab Co., 1975), so your share of blame reduces the award but does not erase it.
Hit-and-run. Leaving the scene of an injury crash is a crime under Vehicle Code section 20001. Your own uninsured motorist coverage can often pay even though you were on foot.
Dangerous streets and six months. A city can be liable for a dangerous condition of its property, like a missing signal or a hidden crosswalk (Government Code section 835). Those claims must be presented within six months (section 911.2). Everything else: two years (CCP 335.1).
Compensation
What a Garden Grove pedestrian claim can recover
People on foot take the full force of a car. Pedestrian injuries are often severe, and the claim has to account for the years ahead, not just the hospital stay.
MedicalTrauma care, surgery, rehab, and the future care your doctors expect.
IncomeLost wages and reduced earning capacity if you cannot return to the same work.
Pain & sufferingPain, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life.
Wrongful deathWhen a family loses someone, the surviving family can bring a wrongful death claim.
13252 W Garden Grove Blvd #206, Garden Grove, CA 92843
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