North Hollywood Personal Injury Lawyer

North Hollywood sits where three freeways meet and two Metro lines end. The US-101, the SR-170 and the SR-134 funnel traffic past the Hollywood Split on the southern edge, while Lankershim Boulevard, Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Victory Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard carry everyone else. If you were hurt in a crash here, you need a North Hollywood personal injury lawyer who knows which police station writes your report, which hospital treats you, and which court hears your case. Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. takes one kind of case: people injured, or families who lost someone, in motor-vehicle crashes. Moe does not take property-damage-only claims, workplace injuries, product cases or premises cases. His office is at 527 W 7th St, Ste 924 in downtown Los Angeles, and your free case review happens by phone or text at (323) 716-1992. Se habla Español. Below you get the local roads, the agencies, the deadlines and the first steps to take.

How we help injured people in North Hollywood

We handle every motor-vehicle injury case type for North Hollywood residents, dealing with the insurers directly while you focus on recovery.

Where North Hollywood crashes start: the Split, Lankershim and the Valley grid

The southern edge of North Hollywood is built around the Hollywood Split, where the SR-170, the SR-134 and the US-101 meet. Cars come off the Ventura Freeway and the Hollywood Freeway into a tight knot of ramps, then spill onto surface streets. North of that, the grid does the rest. Lankershim Boulevard runs through the middle of the neighborhood and past the NoHo Arts District. Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Vineland Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard cross it. Victory Boulevard, Burbank Boulevard, Oxnard Street, Chandler Boulevard and Sherman Way fill in the east-west map. Riverside Dr. and the other Valley arterials feed the same traffic. No official source ranks North Hollywood streets by crashes, so we won't name a worst one. Here is how injury crashes usually happen on a grid like this. A driver turns left across oncoming cars. A driver runs a light near a freeway ramp. A rider is hit in a crosswalk. Someone merges without looking. Each type brings its own evidence and its own fight over fault, and Moe builds each case to match.

Car crashes, rear-ends and left-turn collisions

In North Hollywood, a car crash often means a rear-end where Hollywood Freeway and Ventura Freeway traffic merges at the Split, a T-bone at a Lankershim or Laurel Canyon signal, or a sideswipe as drivers jockey for a ramp onto the SR-170. Your injuries often show up late. Neck and back pain can build over a few days, and adjusters use that gap to argue you were not hurt. Get seen fast and keep every record. The insurer on the other side will offer a number early. In one of Moe's cases the at-fault insurer offered $900, and the client ended with $75,000 total after a policy-limit tender plus an underinsured claim. Past results do not predict a similar outcome, but the point holds: first offers are not final. California lets you recover even if you share some blame, with your award reduced by your percentage of fault (Li v. Yellow Cab Co.). So expect the other side to push blame onto you. If an adjuster blames you for a lane change near the Split, the ramp layout and any dashcam video become the fight. Our North Hollywood car accident page covers reports, treatment and insurance limits in more depth.

Pedestrians, cyclists and the Lankershim hit-and-run

North Hollywood has people on foot all day because of the Metro B Line subway and G Line busway station at Lankershim and Chandler boulevards. That station is the B Line's northwestern end and the G Line's eastern end, so riders cross the surrounding streets at every hour. On the night of Saturday, October 4, 2026, police say a 71-year-old woman was struck and killed on Lankershim Boulevard north of Oxnard Street. LAPD said a southbound dark red Ford SUV hit her as she crossed Oxnard outside a crosswalk, and the driver fled (MyNewsLA, citing LAPD). That is one reported crash, not a trend. LAPD Valley Traffic Division detectives asked witnesses to call 818-644-8033, and the City's Hit-and-Run Reward Program offers up to $50,000 for information. If you or a family member were hit by a driver who fled, California law treats an unidentified driver as uninsured, so your own uninsured motorist coverage can pay if you meet its report and sworn-statement conditions. Hit-and-run, pedestrian and bicycle cases all turn on video, witnesses and speed. Waiting costs you evidence.

Trucks, motorcycles and rideshare crashes

The US-101, SR-170 and SR-134 meet at the Hollywood Split, so delivery vans, box trucks and tractor-trailers share those ramps with commuter cars before exiting onto Lankershim, Vineland and Burbank Boulevard. A truck crash adds a second set of evidence: the driver's logs, the truck's onboard data and the company's insurance. A motorcycle rider faces a different problem: insurers often assume riders cause their own crashes. Moe pushes back with the scene, the witnesses and the medical records. North Hollywood's restaurants, theaters and the NoHo Arts District also mean Uber and Lyft cars on the road late. Coverage depends on the app status. During a trip, a rideshare company carries $1 million in liability coverage. Rideshare uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is $60,000 per person and $300,000 per crash since January 1, 2026. Your first call should be to a lawyer, not the rideshare company's adjuster. Every one of these crash types has its own page on this site.

LAPD North Hollywood, collision reports and the SR-1

The LAPD North Hollywood Community Police Station at 11640 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601, serves North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, West Toluca Lake and part of Sun Valley. Its phone number is 818-754-8300. LAPD has a link on the station page labeled Obtain a Traffic Collision Report, and that is where you start. LAPD's Reports and Other Services page also lists a mailing address for records requests and collision photos: Records and Identification Division, Document Processing Unit, P.O. Box 30158, Los Angeles, CA 90030. California also requires a driver to report to the DMV on an SR-1 form within 10 days when a crash causes injury, death or more than $1,000 in property damage to any one person (Vehicle Code section 16000). Your insurer or attorney can file it for you. Do not give a recorded statement to the other driver's insurer before you have talked to a lawyer. Police reports are useful, but they are one officer's view, and they can be wrong about fault.

Where you get treated: Holy Cross, St. Joseph and Valley Presbyterian

For severe injuries, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center at 15031 Rinaldi St. in Mission Hills is a Level II trauma center, and the Los Angeles County EMS directory places nearby emergency rooms under its trauma umbrella. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center at 501 S. Buena Vista St. in Burbank and Valley Presbyterian Hospital at 15107 Vanowen St. in Van Nuys both have 24-hour emergency departments. The county directory lists them as 911 umbrella facilities under Holy Cross, so they are not trauma centers themselves. Where paramedics take you depends on your injuries and the ambulance crew. What matters for your claim is the paper trail. Tell every provider how the crash happened and where it hurts, even if it seems minor. Insurers search for gaps between the crash and your first treatment. Head injuries, spinal injuries and broken bones often need ongoing care, and Moe seeks your bills and your future treatment costs.

Courts, City of Los Angeles claims and the deadlines that matter

You generally have two years from the crash date to sue a private driver (Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1). If a City of Los Angeles vehicle or street condition caused your crash, the clock is much shorter. You must present a written claim to the City within six months (Government Code section 911.2). Claims go to the Los Angeles City Clerk, Claims Department, 200 North Spring Street, Room 395, City Hall, or through the Clerk's online portal. If the City denies the claim in writing, you generally have six months from that notice to file suit (Government Code section 945.6). Under Los Angeles Superior Court Local Rule 2.3, unlimited civil motor-vehicle injury cases are filed at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles 90012, or the Antelope Valley courthouse. For a North Hollywood case, that means Stanley Mosk, but check the court's filing locator to be sure. If a City vehicle or a broken street in North Hollywood is involved, the six-month claim clock runs first, so call before you file anything.

How Moe works your North Hollywood case

Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. runs on contingency. You pay no fee unless Moe wins money for you, and the consultation is free at any hour. Moe handles cases himself and updates clients by call and text. He moves fast on evidence, because video and vehicle data can disappear. He gathers your medical records, bills and photos, and he argues the claim against the insurer's version of events. He has recovered $105,000 for an uninsured client with a broken sternum, $100,000 in policy-limit uninsured motorist benefits for a woman hit by a driver who fled with no police report after other firms turned her down, and $30,000 policy limits on several cases, including a red-light T-bone where the other driver staged fake witnesses and Moe found the real ones. Past results do not predict a similar outcome. Moe has 5.0 stars on Google. Call (323) 716-1992 or send a text, and tell him what happened.

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