Laguna Niguel Personal Injury Attorney

Get medical care first, and tell the doctor about any blow to the head. Keep the bike and helmet as they are, photograph the scene, and get the report number from Laguna Niguel Police Services, the Sheriff’s team that investigates crashes in the city. If a driver was involved, both that driver’s insurance and your family’s own auto policy may matter. For a minor, the two-year deadline to sue generally does not start until age 18, but a claim against the city, the County, or the school district is generally due within six months.

On city streets, Laguna Niguel Police Services, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department team the city contracts with, whose services include traffic enforcement and accident investigation. On the 5 and the 73, the California Highway Patrol’s Capistrano Area office. Copies of Sheriff’s reports come from its Records unit.

The losses can last a lifetime. Along with medical bills and lost wages, the claim has to account for future surgery, therapy, equipment, home changes, attendant care, and lost earning capacity, usually with testimony from treating doctors and often a life-care planner and an economist. It also has to find enough insurance to pay for them, which can mean looking beyond the at-fault driver’s policy to an employer, an umbrella policy, or the injured person’s own underinsured-motorist coverage.

OC Parks runs the regional park on La Paz Road for the County of Orange, so a claim based on the park’s condition is generally a claim against the County, and it must be presented in writing within six months. City parks are the city’s responsibility. If another person, an unleashed dog, or a vendor caused the injury, that person or business may be responsible instead, so the exact location and cause are pinned down first.

Generally two years from the injury to file a lawsuit (Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1), with the start of that period generally delayed for a minor. A claim involving the City of Laguna Niguel, the County of Orange, or Capistrano Unified has a shorter first step: a written government claim, generally due within six months (Government Code section 911.2). Claims against a doctor or hospital follow their own time limits (Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5).

No. Kyle Scott Law’s only office is at 17671 Irvine Blvd. in Tustin, and it represents Laguna Niguel clients from there. The first consultation is free and can be by phone or video, in English or Spanish; in-person meetings are arranged whenever a case calls for it.