Mayberry Law represents drivers, passengers, and families across Los Angeles County in car and vehicle collision claims—from insurance negotiation through trial.
Most car accident claims are not lost because fault was unclear. They are lost—or quietly undervalued—because the record was incomplete by the time anyone fought over it: the vehicle was repaired before it was photographed properly, nearby camera footage was overwritten, treatment gaps crept into the medical file, or the injured person gave the insurer a recorded statement while the diagnosis was still developing.
That record is what a personal injury lawyer protects. At Mayberry Law, we identify potentially responsible parties and available insurance coverage, preserve evidence before it disappears, handle adjuster communications, and document the medical, financial, and personal loss before anyone talks numbers. If the insurer will not acknowledge the supported value of the claim, we prepare it for trial.
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California DMV: Report of Traffic AccidentGet evaluated even if you initially feel okay. Adrenaline can mask injuries, and some soft-tissue or head-injury symptoms emerge later. Delayed treatment can also create an avoidable dispute about whether the crash caused the condition.
Call 911 for injuries. California also generally requires an SR-1 report to the DMV within 10 days when anyone was injured or killed or property damage to any one person's property exceeds $1,000, regardless of fault. See Vehicle Code §16000.
If you safely can, photograph vehicle positions, damage, skid marks, traffic controls, roadway conditions, and visible injuries. Get witness contact information and note nearby businesses whose camera systems may overwrite footage within days.
Provide accurate basic information, but do not speculate about fault, apologize reflexively, or estimate injuries before the factual and medical picture is clear.
Give required notice, but consider speaking with counsel before any recorded statement or broad discussion of fault and injuries. Our Los Angeles personal injury guide explains how early insurance conversations can shape a claim.
For many California car-accident injury actions, the ordinary deadline is two years from the date of the crash under Code of Civil Procedure §335.1. Claims for damage to a vehicle or other personal property commonly carry a three-year period under §338.
If a public vehicle or dangerous public-road condition may be involved, California generally requires a claim for death, personal injury, or personal-property injury to be presented to the public entity within six months. See Government Code §911.2.
Claims involving minors, later-discovered injuries, public entities, or other special circumstances can follow different rules. The California Courts deadline guide is a useful starting point, but a specific review is safer.
California generally looks first to the at-fault driver's liability coverage. Since January 1, 2025, the minimum required limits are $30,000 for injury or death to one person, $60,000 for injury or death to multiple people in one accident, and $15,000 for property damage. See SB 1107.
An employer of an on-the-clock driver, a vehicle owner, a rideshare or delivery platform, a contractor, or a public entity may have distinct duties and insurance. The investigation should not stop at the first driver's policy.
Uninsured- and underinsured-motorist coverage may provide another claim path when the responsible driver has no coverage or insufficient limits. The declarations page and full policy should be reviewed early.
A responsible person or business may carry coverage above the primary policy. Identifying every policy and insured relationship can materially change case strategy.
Identifying available coverage is one of the first tasks in a free case evaluation because the available claim paths affect investigation, negotiation, and litigation decisions.
Being partly at fault does not automatically end a California claim. Under pure comparative negligence, a recovery can be reduced by the percentage of responsibility assigned to the injured person. For example, a person found 30% responsible for $100,000 in supported damages could recover $70,000.
An adjuster's initial fault assessment is not final. Fault allocation is an evidence-based argument involving movement, visibility, speed, traffic controls, witnesses, video, physical damage, and the duties of everyone involved. Do not abandon a claim based only on an early impression or roadside apology.
There is no honest universal calculator. The realistic value of a claim depends on liability evidence, available coverage, medical proof, and the complete documented loss.
Emergency treatment, surgery, therapy, medication, rehabilitation, and reasonably supported future care may all be relevant.
Missed wages, reduced hours, lost opportunities, and diminished earning capacity require medical and work evidence.
Vehicle repair or replacement, rentals, transportation, towing, storage, and other documented out-of-pocket costs may form part of the loss.
Physical pain, emotional distress, sleep disruption, lost activities, and reduced independence can be evaluated through medical evidence and a consistent daily-life record.
Traffic collisions killed 290 people in the City of Los Angeles in 2025, and more than 150 fatal collisions involved pedestrians, according to LAPD data reported by LAist. Traffic deaths exceeded homicides, even as 2025 marked the second consecutive annual decline in traffic fatalities.
LADOT's updated all-modes High Injury Network covers 7.5% of the city's roadway network but accounts for 61.8% of collisions that kill or seriously injure someone. See the 2024 Vision Zero Safety Study. Serious crashes on these corridors can create disputed-liability, catastrophic-injury, and public-road-design issues that demand early evidence preservation.
Mayberry Law represents injured drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and families throughout Los Angeles County and across California.
You work directly with the attorneys responsible for the evidence, strategy, negotiations, and litigation decisions in your case.
Brent and Quinn Mayberry work directly with clients instead of handing the relationship to a rotating case manager.
The firm brings more than 40 years of trial experience to injury claims involving insurers, businesses, and public entities.
Each claim is developed with litigation in mind because insurers evaluate the evidence and the firm's willingness to present it in court.
The initial evaluation is free. For contingency matters, attorney fees are collected only from a recovery under the written fee agreement.