If you were injured in a car accident in Sherman Oaks, Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. pursues the at-fault party for your medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. We serve all of Sherman Oaks and greater Los Angeles. Free consultation, no fee unless we win.
A car accident in Sherman Oaks often traces back to one place: the tangle of ramps where the US-101 meets the I-405. Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. handles crashes born out of that interchange, the Sepulveda Pass grind, and the daily crush along Ventura Boulevard, and we know how the insurer will try to frame a rush-hour rear-end as your fault. The first call is free and you pay nothing unless we win.
The wreck we see most in Sherman Oaks is not a high-speed collision. It is the low-speed chain reaction. When traffic on the 101 stacks up approaching the 405, drivers creep, glance at a phone, and pile into the car ahead. On the transition ramps and the connector from the eastbound 101 to the southbound 405, cars fight for the same lane while merging blind, and that produces sideswipes and multi-car pileups. Insurers love these cases because they can argue every driver shares blame, then use California's comparative negligence rule to knock down what they owe you. We do not accept that framing. We pull the sequence apart using the vehicles' event-data-recorder downloads, Caltrans and traffic-camera footage from the interchange, and independent witnesses who saw who stopped short or forced the merge. On a jammed ramp the difference between 20 percent and 60 percent of the fault is worth real money, and it usually comes down to timing that only the physical evidence can prove. That footage gets overwritten within days, so the first move in any 101/405 case is locking it down before it is gone.
Not every Sherman Oaks crash happens on a freeway. Ventura Boulevard runs the length of the neighborhood as its main commercial artery, and it is packed with cars pulling in and out of storefront lots, drivers hunting for parking, and pedestrians crossing between shops. Left turns across Ventura, drivers backing out of angled spaces, and rear-end hits at the lights along Sepulveda, Woodman, and Van Nuys boulevards are all common here. These lower-speed impacts still cause whiplash, disc injuries, and concussions, and the insurer will point to a bent bumper and claim you could not have been hurt. That argument falls apart when the medical record is clean and the treatment is prompt, which is why we push clients to get examined the same day and why we build the injury timeline carefully. Sherman Oaks Hospital and Encino Hospital Medical Center are both close, so care is rarely far. If your crash happened on Ventura or at a Sherman Oaks intersection, we treat the low speed as a strength, not a weakness, because the geometry of a turning or backing collision usually points straight at the other driver.
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It will try. On a jammed interchange, insurers argue every driver shares fault so they can cut what they pay under California's pure comparative negligence rule. But sharing blame does not bar your claim, it only reduces your award by your percentage. We take the sequence apart with event-data-recorder downloads, interchange camera footage, and witnesses to show who actually caused the chain reaction. The review is free.
Possibly, yes. Low-speed crashes on Ventura Boulevard and at Valley intersections still cause whiplash, disc injuries, and concussions, and minor bumper damage does not mean minor injury. Insurers use the bent bumper to argue you could not be hurt. A clean medical record from prompt treatment is what defeats that. Get checked out the same day, keep every record, and call us.
No. You are not required to give the other driver's insurer a recorded statement, and on a multi-car interchange wreck they will use it to twist your words into shared blame. Politely decline and answer nothing. Call us first and we handle the conversation, so nothing you say gets used to shrink your claim.
Fast, often within days. Caltrans and traffic cameras along the Sepulveda Pass and the 101/405 interchange loop over their footage, and nearby business and dashcam video gets overwritten just as quickly. That evidence can be the difference in a disputed multi-car case, so the first thing we do is send preservation demands and move to secure it before it is gone. The sooner you call, the more we can save.
Usually two years from the date of the crash under California Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. If a government vehicle or public entity is involved, you may have as little as six months to file a claim under Government Code section 911.2. California also follows pure comparative negligence, so you can recover even if you were partly at fault. Call soon so evidence can be saved.
Usually not, at least not before your treatment is done. Early offers come in low and are built to close your claim on the cheap, before anyone knows if you need imaging, therapy, or surgery. Once you accept and sign, you cannot reopen the claim. Let us review any offer for free before you sign anything.
Local resources: Van Nuys East Courthouse · Caltrans District 7
When you call Moe Abdallah Law, you work directly with your attorney and get straight answers, not a call center. Moe takes on the insurance companies and fights for the maximum, and he keeps you updated at every step. The consultation is free and you pay nothing unless he wins.
Real recoveries from an attorney who takes your case personally and fights for the maximum.
Rear-ended by a driver who fled with no police report, and other firms turned her down. Moe opened an uninsured-motorist claim, proved she could not have been at fault, and secured the full policy limit.
Broke his sternum and had no insurance of his own, and his prior attorney ignored him. Moe took his calls day and night and recovered a settlement that covered his hospital bills and future treatment.
Cut off on the freeway and left with back and neck pain over four months of treatment. Moe secured the full policy limit for his pain and suffering, and his totaled car was reimbursed.
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