Personal Injury Lawyer Los Angeles

Personal Injury Attorney Los Angeles

Getting seriously hurt because someone else was careless changes everything in a day. At Ravan Law, we represent people injured by a negligent driver, a careless property owner, a dog owner, or a government agency. If you are looking for a personal injury attorney in Los Angeles after a serious accident, this page covers every type of claim we take, how a personal injury case works in California, what decides its value, and which deadlines apply.

A serious injury brings the hospital bill, the missed paychecks, the adjuster asking you for a recorded statement, and a question nobody has answered yet: who is actually responsible? It may be a driver with a $30,000 policy, a trucking company, a landlord, or the City of Los Angeles. Each answer changes your deadline, the insurance available, and the compensation within reach. We find that answer early, and we build your case around it.

Attorney Ted H. Ravan went into injury law after his grandfather was in a near-fatal incident involving a city-operated bus. That is why our firm treats claims against public entities as a core part of our work, and why deadlines are the first question we ask in every consultation.

Call (424) 465-2500 for a free consultation. No fee unless we win. Information is available in Spanish.

Your Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney: How We Work With You

You have enough to deal with while you heal. When you hire us, you work with us directly from our office on San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. We answer your questions, we keep you updated at every stage, and we know your case, because we are the ones building it. That is what we believe a Los Angeles personal injury law firm should do.

That matters most in cases that are harder than they look: a crash with a city vehicle, a fall on a broken public sidewalk, a brain injury that did not show up on the first scan. Those cases need legal judgment early, and we bring it from the first call.

Contingency fee. No fee unless we win, and no cost for your consultation.
Track record. In his first year of practice, attorney Ted H. Ravan obtained more than $1 million for his clients.
Client rating. Our clients rate us 4.9 on Google across 65 reviews.

Ted H. Ravan, a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, studied political science at UC San Diego and earned his law degree at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he gave more than 100 volunteer hours to the campus free legal clinic. Read more about attorney Ted H. Ravan.

Personal Injury Settlements and Verdicts

These are settlements and verdicts we have obtained for our clients.

Recovery	Case type
$6,000,000	Premises liability
$3,500,000	Motor vehicle accident with a county vehicle
$1,700,000	Premises liability
$500,000	Motor vehicle accident
$275,000	Bus accident
$200,000	Premises liability
$200,000	Motor vehicle accident
$101,000	Dog bite

Each settlement or verdict depended on the injury, the evidence, the insurance available, and the facts of that claim.

Every result depended on the facts of that case, and results will differ based on different facts. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of your matter.

Personal Injury Cases We Handle as Your Los Angeles Injury Lawyer

Every personal injury claim rests on the same foundation. Civil Code 1714 makes each person responsible for injuries caused by a failure to use ordinary care. As your Los Angeles personal injury attorney, we start by sorting your case into the right track, because each claim type below has its own rules.

Car Accident Claims on the 405, the 10, and the 101

Rear-end collisions in 405 traffic through the Sepulveda Pass. Left-turn and T-bone crashes at Hollywood and Downtown intersections. Hit-and-runs on surface streets in the Valley. Most car accident cases turn on fault, and California’s pure comparative fault rule lets you recover even when you were partly responsible, with damages reduced by that share. Insurers raise the rule early, so we move to secure fault evidence (dashcam and surveillance video, the collision report, damage photos) before it disappears.

SB 1107 raised California’s minimum auto liability limits to $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident for bodily injury, effective January 1, 2025, which still falls short in a serious injury case. Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage often fills the gap in compensation.

Los Angeles car accident lawyer: read more about car accident claims, including rear-end collision injury claims, how fault is decided, hit-and-run claims under the phantom driver rule, and what happens when an uninsured driver hits you.

Truck Accident Claims on the I-5 Corridor and Around the Port of Long Beach

A loaded tractor-trailer can weigh 80,000 pounds. Truck cases also involve rules that car cases do not: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of-service limits, electronic logging device data, driver qualification files, and maintenance records. The motor carrier is often responsible for its driver, and a broker, shipper, or maintenance contractor may share fault. Compensation in a truck case often involves more than one insurer, and we go after each one that owes you. Logs and onboard data can be overwritten, so we send a preservation letter first.

Southern California carries heavy freight exposure along the I-5, the 710 out of the Port of Long Beach, and the I-15 and I-40 routes through Barstow in San Bernardino County.

Los Angeles truck accident lawyer: read more about truck accident claims and how driver fatigue shapes a California truck case.

Uber and Lyft Accident Claims After SB 371

Under Public Utilities Code 5433, rideshare coverage depends on the driver’s app status at the moment of the crash. SB 371, effective January 1, 2026, cut passenger UM/UIM coverage to $60,000 per person and $300,000 per incident:

Driver status	Coverage
App off	The driver’s personal auto insurance only
App on, no ride accepted	$50,000 per person and $100,000 per incident for bodily injury, $30,000 property damage, plus a $200,000 excess policy
Ride accepted or passenger on board	$1,000,000 third-party liability when the rideshare driver is at fault; while a passenger is in the vehicle, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage of $60,000 per person and $300,000 per incident

The UM/UIM reduction matters most if you were a passenger hit by an uninsured third-party driver, because it can cap the compensation available to you. The LAX airport zone, West Hollywood, Silver Lake, and the Downtown entertainment district see heavy rideshare traffic.

Uber and Lyft accident lawyer: read more about rideshare claims, the differences between Lyft and Uber claims, and what to do if you were hit by a rideshare driver as a pedestrian or cyclist.

Motorcycle Accident Claims

Motorcycle crashes often mean fractures, spinal injuries, and brain injuries. Two state rules come up in almost every motorcycle claim, and as your motorcycle accident lawyer we address both early. Lane splitting is legal in California, and Vehicle Code 21658.1 defines it, so the fact that you were riding between lanes does not by itself establish fault. And Vehicle Code 27803 requires a helmet, so an insurer will argue that a rider without one shares fault for a head injury. Drivers turning left across a rider’s path cause many of these crashes, on Pacific Coast Highway, Angeles Crest, and the canyon roads above the Valley. Read more about Los Angeles motorcycle accident claims.

Bicycle and E-Scooter Accident Claims

Vehicle Code 21760 requires a driver passing a bicycle to give at least three feet of clearance. Cyclists in Santa Monica, Venice, and Downtown share narrow lanes with delivery vans and opening car doors. E-scooter cases add a question we have to answer first: whether the scooter company, a driver, or the street surface caused your fall. Where a pothole or broken pavement on a city street caused the crash, the six-month government claim deadline applies. Read more about Los Angeles bicycle accident claims.

Pedestrian Accident Claims

Vehicle Code 21950 requires drivers to yield to pedestrians in marked crosswalks and unmarked crosswalks at intersections. Pedestrian cases often involve catastrophic injuries, because nothing stands between you and the vehicle. As your pedestrian accident lawyer, we often find a public entity involved too: a signal that was out, a crosswalk with poor visibility, or a city bus making a turn. Hollywood Boulevard, Wilshire through Koreatown, and Downtown intersections are recurring locations. Read more about Los Angeles pedestrian accident claims.

Bus and LA Metro Accident Claims

If you were hurt on a bus, you were owed more than ordinary care. Civil Code 2100 holds a carrier of passengers to the utmost care and diligence, and courts apply that standard to public transit agencies. Most bus cases in Los Angeles involve a public entity: LA Metro, LADOT’s DASH service, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus, Long Beach Transit, or a school district. That means the six-month government claim deadline applies before any lawsuit, whether you were a passenger, a driver, a cyclist, or a pedestrian. These claims have strict rules and a six-month deadline, and we take them on. Read more about Los Angeles bus accident claims.

Read the guide to filing a claim against LA Metro after an injury.

Dog Bite Claims

Civil Code 3342 makes a dog owner strictly liable for a bite that happens in a public place or while the victim is lawfully on private property, regardless of the dog’s history. The rule has limits. It does not cover trespassers, Civil Code 3342(b) and (c) exempt police and military dogs in defined situations, and courts generally treat veterinary professionals as having assumed the risk. Injuries that are not bites, such as a dog knocking you down, are handled as negligence, and we pursue those too.

Los Angeles dog bite lawyer: read more about dog bite claims, including dog bite injuries to children and dog bites in public parks.

Slip and Fall and Premises Liability Claims

A property owner is not responsible simply because you fell. Premises cases turn on notice: whether the owner knew about the hazard, or would have found it through reasonable inspection, and failed to fix it or warn. Incident reports, inspection logs, and surveillance video establish notice, and store and apartment footage is often overwritten within days. We ask for that footage right away.

Los Angeles slip and fall lawyer: read more about slip and fall claims, what makes a premises liability case, and falls at Los Angeles events and venues.

Sidewalk and Government Property Injury Claims

Falls on broken public sidewalks, crashes caused by a dangerous road design, and injuries at city parks and public buildings fall under Government Code 835, which governs a public entity’s liability for a dangerous condition of its property. These cases follow the government claim process described below. In Los Angeles, responsibility for a sidewalk can fall on the city, the adjacent property owner, or both. As your sidewalk injury lawyer, we sort that out before we present the claim.

Who is liable for a city sidewalk injury in Los Angeles

Wrongful Death Claims

Losing someone you love to another person’s carelessness is a different kind of injury. When negligence causes a death, California allows certain family members to bring a wrongful death claim under Code of Civil Procedure 377.60, including a spouse or domestic partner, children, and in some cases parents or other family members. Compensation in a wrongful death claim can include the financial support the family lost, funeral and burial costs, and the loss of love, companionship, comfort, and guidance. The deadline is generally two years from the date of death under Code of Civil Procedure 335.1. If a public entity was involved, the six-month government claim deadline applies first. Read more about Los Angeles wrongful death claims.

Catastrophic Injury Attorney Los Angeles: TBI, Spinal Cord Injury, and Lifetime Care

A traumatic brain injury, a spinal cord injury with paralysis, multiple complex fractures, an amputation, severe burns, or internal organ damage creates costs that continue for decades. These cases are the core of our work, and we value them differently from a typical personal injury claim.

Traumatic brain injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is damage to the brain caused by an impact or a violent jolt. A concussion is a mild TBI, and “mild” describes the initial event, not the effect on someone’s life. Memory problems, headaches, and personality changes can appear days later, and a first CT scan is often normal. Neuropsychological testing and follow-up imaging document what the emergency room could not.

Spinal cord injury and permanent disability

Spinal cord injuries can mean paralysis, lifelong attendant care, and home and vehicle modifications. Severe fractures and amputations bring repeat surgeries, prosthetics, and chronic pain.

Valuing the lifetime cost

As your catastrophic injury lawyer, we build these cases on more than the bills already paid:

A life-care plan projecting future medical care, therapy, equipment, and in-home help over the injured person’s life expectancy.
Lost earning capacity analysis measuring what the person would have earned over a career, not just the wages missed so far.
Treating physicians and specialists who can explain the prognosis in terms a jury understands.

An early settlement offer, made before your long-term prognosis is known, rarely accounts for any of this. Compensation in a catastrophic case has to cover decades of care, not months. We wait until the medical picture is clear enough to value the whole case before we present it to the insurer. Read more about catastrophic injury claims in Los Angeles.

Claims Against the City, LA County, LA Metro, and Caltrans: The Six-Month Rule

Some of the most serious injury cases in Los Angeles involve a public entity: a city truck, a Metro bus, a county vehicle, a broken traffic signal, or a dangerous state highway. These cases run on a separate legal track under the Government Claims Act, the California law that governs claims against public entities. They are a core part of our work.

The six-month claim. Before any lawsuit can be filed against a public entity, a written claim must be presented to that entity within six months of the injury, under Government Code 911.2. This is a separate deadline from the two-year statute of limitations, and the two-year deadline does not extend it. Missing the six-month window can permanently bar an otherwise strong claim for compensation from that agency.

What happens next. The agency generally has 45 days to act on the claim under Government Code 912.4. If it does not act, the claim is treated as rejected. If the agency sends a written notice of rejection, the lawsuit generally must be filed within six months of the date that notice was mailed or delivered, under Government Code 945.6. If no written notice is sent, the deadline is generally two years from the injury.

If the six months has passed. Government Code 911.4 allows an application to present a late claim, filed within a reasonable time, not to exceed one year from the injury. Relief is not automatic, and the grounds for it are narrow.

Other rules that apply only to public entities.

Punitive damages are not available against a public entity (Government Code 818).
A public entity is liable for the negligent operation of its vehicles by employees on the job (Vehicle Code 17001) and for dangerous conditions of its property (Government Code 835).
A minor’s statute of limitations is generally tolled until age 18, but that tolling does not pause the six-month government claim deadline. A child hurt by a city bus or on a school campus still needs a claim presented within six months. A late-claim application may be available for a child under Government Code 911.4 and 911.6, but it has its own one-year limit.

Each agency has its own claim form and filing address, including the City of Los Angeles, LA County, LA Metro, LAUSD, Santa Monica and other cities, and the State (for Caltrans). Read more about Los Angeles government claims.

How a Case Works With a California Personal Injury Attorney, Step by Step

Most personal injury cases follow the same path. Here is how we, as your California personal injury attorney, move a claim from the first call to a resolution.

Medical care first. Your treatment creates the record that proves the injury, and gaps in treatment are the first thing an insurer looks for.
Free consultation. We tell you whether there is a claim worth pursuing and the date your earliest deadline runs out.
Investigation. We send preservation letters to anyone holding video, vehicle data, or inspection records, and we contact witnesses.
Government claim, if needed. If a public entity may share fault, we present the Government Code 911.2 claim inside the six-month window.
Treatment runs its course. We value the claim once your doctors can project future care with confidence.
Demand and negotiation. We send the insurer your records, bills, wage loss, future care projections, and the liability evidence. Many cases resolve by settlement here.
Lawsuit. If a fair settlement is not offered, we file your case in the proper superior court within the deadline. What litigation involves and when it starts.
Discovery. Both sides exchange written questions and documents and take depositions under oath. Three rules that help in a deposition. Either side may serve a formal settlement offer under Code of Civil Procedure 998, which can shift costs if it is refused and the result at trial is worse.
Mediation. Many Los Angeles cases go to mediation before trial, and many reach a settlement there.
Trial. If there is no settlement, a judge or jury decides liability and damages.

When your case resolves, we negotiate the medical liens (from health insurers, Medi-Cal, Medicare, or hospitals), and they are paid from the settlement or verdict before the net amount goes to you.

How Long Does a Personal Injury Case Take in California?

There is no fixed timeline. A personal injury case with clear liability, finished treatment, and enough insurance may resolve in months. A disputed case that has to be filed, go through discovery, and reach mediation or trial usually takes longer, often well over a year. Catastrophic injury cases take the longest, because a settlement reached before your long-term prognosis is known risks leaving future care unpaid.

Treatment length, fault disputes, and the number of insurers or public entities drive the timeline most. Read the full guide to how long a personal injury case takes in California, and why time matters so much right after an injury.

What Is My Case Worth? The Factors That Move the Number

No honest personal injury lawyer can quote a settlement value on the first call, and we will not pretend to. These are the factors that decide it.

Severity and permanence of the injury. A fracture that heals in months is valued differently from a TBI with permanent cognitive deficits.
Future medical care. Projected surgery, therapy, and attendant care is often the largest number in a serious case.
Lost income and earning capacity. Missed wages are only part of it. If the injury ends or limits a career, lost earning capacity is measured over a working life.
Clarity of fault. Under California’s pure comparative fault rule, a person found 25% at fault on a $400,000 case recovers $300,000.
More than one defendant. Under Proposition 51 (Civil Code 1431.2), each defendant pays non-economic damages only in proportion to its own share of fault. That is why we look for every responsible party.
Available insurance. Policy limits, umbrella coverage, commercial policies, rideshare coverage, and your own UM/UIM coverage set the practical ceiling on compensation in many cases. How SB 1107’s new minimums affect 2026 claims.
Medical expenses paid versus billed. California generally limits past medical damages to what was actually paid or owed, not the higher billed amount.
Pre-existing conditions. Aggravating an old injury is compensable, but it has to be documented.

The full value of a case is often underestimated in the first weeks after a serious accident. We build yours to cover every way the injury has changed your life. Steps that protect compensation after a severe accident.

Compensation in a California Personal Injury Claim: Economic, Non-Economic, and Punitive Damages

Compensation in a personal injury claim falls into two categories of compensatory damages.

Economic damages are measurable financial losses: medical care past and future, rehabilitation, in-home care, lost wages, lost earning capacity, and property damage.

Non-economic damages cover harm with no invoice: physical pain, emotional distress, anxiety and depression after the accident, disfigurement and scarring, and the loss of the activities and relationships that made up a normal life. How emotional injuries affect compensation.

Punitive damages are a separate category. They are not compensation for a loss. Under Civil Code 3294, they require clear and convincing evidence of malice, oppression, or fraud, they are uncommon in ordinary negligence cases, and they are not available against a public entity.

California Personal Injury Deadlines

Several deadlines can apply to the same personal injury claim. They are separate, and the shortest one controls. We check all of them the day you call.

Claim	Deadline	Authority
Personal injury lawsuit	Generally 2 years from the date of injury	Code of Civil Procedure 335.1
Wrongful death lawsuit	Generally 2 years from the date of death	Code of Civil Procedure 335.1
Claim against a public entity (injury or death)	6 months from the date of injury, before any lawsuit	Government Code 911.2
Lawsuit after a written government claim rejection	6 months from the date the rejection notice is mailed or delivered	Government Code 945.6
Application to present a late government claim	Within a reasonable time, not to exceed 1 year from the injury (relief not automatic)	Government Code 911.4
Property damage only	Generally 3 years	Code of Civil Procedure 338
Injured minor	Generally tolled until age 18; does not pause the six-month government claim	Code of Civil Procedure 352

See the full guide to California personal injury time limits.

What to Do After a Personal Injury in Los Angeles County

We wrote these steps for someone who does not have a lawyer yet.

Get medical care, even if you feel fine.
Report the accident. Call LAPD inside the city, or the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department or CHP elsewhere. After a car crash involving an injury, a death, or more than $1,000 in property damage, an SR-1 report must be filed with the DMV within 10 days.
Photograph the scene, the hazard, and your injuries, and get witness names and numbers.
Do not give a recorded statement to the other side’s insurer. You are not required to, and it is reasonable to decline until you have spoken with a lawyer.
Write down the date. If a public entity may be involved, the six-month government claim clock started on the day of the injury.

A Los Angeles County Personal Injury Lawyer, From Long Beach to the Valley

As your Los Angeles County personal injury lawyer, we represent clients throughout the county, including Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Koreatown, Santa Monica, Culver City, Inglewood, Van Nuys, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, Glendale, Pasadena, Torrance, and Long Beach. Many of our cases come from the freeways: the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass, the 10 through Downtown, the 101 through Hollywood and the Valley, the 110, and the I-5 freight corridor.

From our Los Angeles office, we also represent clients in Orange County, San Diego County, Palm Springs, Barstow, and San Luis Obispo County, and consultations are available by phone or video. Los Angeles County cases are filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which assigns them among its courthouses, and we handle the venue decision for you.

Choosing a Personal Injury Attorney in Los Angeles

When you compare personal injury firms, ask any lawyer you are considering: who will actually handle my case? Have you handled claims against a public entity, and what is my six-month deadline? How will you value future care? What happens to medical liens? A personal injury attorney in Los Angeles should answer each one plainly at the first meeting. Four questions to ask a potential personal injury lawyer.

At Ravan Law, we answer every one of those questions in your free consultation, in plain terms, before you decide anything.

Get Your Free Case Review From a Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Today

If you or someone in your family has been seriously hurt in Los Angeles, the first weeks decide what evidence survives and which deadlines are still open. If a city vehicle, a bus, a school district, or a public road is involved, the six-month claim under Government Code 911.2 started on the day of the injury and it does not wait for you to recover. You did not ask for this. Let us handle the legal side while you focus on recovery.

Call Ravan Law at (424) 465-2500 for a free consultation. You work with us directly, and we keep you updated at every stage. No fee unless we win.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a personal injury attorney cost?

We work on contingency: no fee unless we win, and your free consultation costs nothing. Our fee is a percentage of the recovery, agreed in writing before work begins.

Do I have a personal injury case?

Generally you need an injury, a person or entity whose negligence caused it, damages, and a deadline that has not passed. A short call with us usually answers the question.

The insurance company offered me a settlement. Should I take it?

Not before you understand your long-term medical picture. Once you sign a release, the claim is over, even if your injury turns out to be worse than expected. The pure comparative fault rule also means a partly-at-fault claim still has value, so a low offer based on blame is worth a second look.

What if the driver who hit me had no insurance?

Your own uninsured motorist coverage may apply. Rideshare passengers face a lower UM/UIM limit after SB 371: $60,000 per person and $300,000 per incident while the passenger is in the vehicle. How UM and UIM coverage works.

Do personal injury lawyers help with a dog bite claim?

Yes. A dog bite claim is usually paid by the owner's homeowners or renters insurance, and the strict liability rule in Civil Code 3342 has exceptions an insurer will raise. As your Los Angeles injury lawyer, we document the injury, including scarring that may need future treatment, and we deal with the insurer for you.

My child was hurt on a school campus or by a city bus. Do we have until age 18?

Not for the government claim. A child's two-year statute of limitations is generally tolled until age 18, but the six-month claim under Government Code 911.2 still applies and must be presented on time.

I was hurt at work by someone outside my company. Can I bring a claim?

Workers' compensation covers the job injury, but a separate personal injury claim may be possible against a third party, such as a negligent driver or a property owner who is not your employer.