Van Nuys Personal Injury Lawyer

Van Nuys is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, and it moves a lot of people on a lot of wheels. The I-405 cuts straight through. Van Nuys Boulevard, Sepulveda Boulevard, Victory Boulevard and Sherman Way carry the rest. If you are hunting for a Van Nuys personal injury attorney after a crash, you want a lawyer who knows these streets and the agencies behind them. Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. takes motor-vehicle injury cases only, and Moe works your file himself instead of passing it to a case manager. The office is downtown at 527 W 7th St, Ste 924, but your case review happens by phone or text, any hour, in English or Spanish. You pay nothing unless Moe wins. Below you will find where Van Nuys crashes happen, who writes the report, where you get treated, which court may hear your case, and which deadlines you cannot miss.

How we help injured people in Van Nuys

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

Van Nuys at a glance: a Valley hub built around the 405

Van Nuys is a neighborhood inside the City of Los Angeles, not a separate city. That matters, because city rules, city claim forms and LAPD all apply to your claim. Per Wikipedia, it is home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, and it is the most populous neighborhood in the Valley. The San Diego Freeway (I-405) runs straight through it. The Ventura Freeway (US-101), the Hollywood Freeway (SR-170), the Ronald Reagan Freeway (SR-118) and the Golden State Freeway (I-5) all sit close by, so drivers from across the Valley pour onto Van Nuys streets to reach them. Add the G Line busway stations at Van Nuys and Sepulveda, the Metrolink and Amtrak station, and LAX FlyAway buses at Woodley and Saticoy, and you get steady mixed traffic of cars, buses, walkers and riders. Nearby neighborhoods such as Panorama City, Valley Glen, Lake Balboa, North Hills, Northridge and Sherman Oaks feed the same roads. A crash here can pull in more than one agency. We work out who owns the road, who owns the vehicle and who owes you, before the insurer decides for you.

Van Nuys Boulevard, Sepulveda, Victory and the surface streets

Not every Van Nuys crash happens on the freeway. Van Nuys Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard run north and south through the neighborhood. Victory Boulevard, Oxnard Street, Vanowen Street, Sherman Way and Roscoe Boulevard cross them east and west. Each crossing packs signals, turn lanes, driveways and bus stops close together. That mix causes left-turn crashes, red-light T-bones, rear-end hits at stop lights and sideswipes when buses pull in and out. We do not label any single street the most dangerous, because we have not seen a city crash count that ranks them. We do know how these crashes play out. The insurer will say you were speeding, or that you could have stopped. We answer with signal timing, nearby business video, event data recorders and witnesses. We ask for that evidence in the first days, before cameras overwrite it. A rear-end hit at 15 miles an hour can still tear a disc or cause a concussion, so never let a small dent talk you out of a medical exam.

Crosswalks, bus stops and the Sepulveda and Sherman Way hit-and-run

Walking in Van Nuys means crossing wide boulevards near transit stops. On the night of Monday, May 4, 2026, a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in a marked crosswalk near Sherman Way and Sepulveda Boulevard, according to CBS Los Angeles. LAPD said the driver was going at an unsafe speed and was under the influence, and police arrested the driver in North Hollywood about an hour later. We cite that crash to show how fast a routine crossing can turn fatal. We are not saying the intersection is worse than any other. California law is on the walker's side. A driver must yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk and must slow down or take other action to keep the pedestrian safe (Vehicle Code section 21950). If the driver fled, your own uninsured motorist coverage can step in, but only if you report the crash to police within 24 hours and file a sworn statement with your insurer within 30 days. Families who lose someone also have a wrongful death claim, which Code of Civil Procedure section 377.60 limits to specific relatives.

Every crash type we handle for Van Nuys clients

Moe handles motor-vehicle injury cases only. For Van Nuys that means car crashes on the 405 and the boulevards, motorcycle crashes where drivers turn left across a rider, truck crashes on the 405 and the boulevards that feed it, pedestrian and bicycle cases, bus cases involving transit riders, and hit-and-run and uninsured driver claims. It also means rideshare. If an Uber or Lyft driver hits you while carrying a passenger or heading to pick one up, California requires the company to carry $1,000,000 in liability coverage from the moment the driver accepts a ride until it ends (Public Utilities Code section 5433). That is a floor, not a ceiling, and it changes who you file against. Drunk-driving crashes can add punitive damages. Wrongful death and brain injury cases that come from a crash fit here too. We do not take dog bites, slip-and-falls or medical malpractice, so every hour of the firm's time goes to crash law. Past results do not predict a similar outcome, but Moe has recovered $105,000 for an uninsured client with a broken sternum and a $100,000 uninsured motorist policy limit for a woman rear-ended by a driver who fled, after other firms turned her down.

LAPD Van Nuys, Valley Traffic and getting your collision report

The LAPD Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6240 Sylmar Ave. serves the Van Nuys area, and its front desk number is 818-374-9500. LAPD Valley Traffic Division at 7870 Nollan Place in Panorama City, 818-644-8000, handles traffic work for several Valley stations. Take the report number from the officer at the scene. LAPD asks you to wait at least 45 days after the collision before you request a report online. Reports that involve an arrest, a fatality or a juvenile must be requested by US Mail. So we do not sit and wait. We gather photos, witness names, your medical records and any video right away, and we request the report when it is ready. Read it carefully. A wrong fault note, a missing witness or a misspelled plate can hurt you later, and it is easier to fix early. Also remember that anyone in a crash with an injury or more than $1,000 in damage must file an SR-1 with the DMV within 10 days (Vehicle Code section 16000), which you can file yourself or through an attorney.

Valley Presbyterian, the Van Nuys courthouse and where your case goes

For care close to home, Valley Presbyterian Hospital at 15107 Vanowen St. is a 350-bed hospital with an emergency department, per Wikipedia. We have not confirmed it as a trauma center, so if paramedics see a serious injury they may take you to a different hospital. Either way, see a doctor the same day and tell every provider the injury came from a crash. Gaps in treatment are the first thing an adjuster points to. On the court side, Van Nuys Courthouse East at 6230 Sylmar Ave. is part of the Los Angeles County Superior Court's Northwest District and takes several kinds of civil filings. We could not confirm from the court's own site which courthouse takes unlimited civil injury cases from Van Nuys, so Moe confirms venue before filing instead of guessing. Most claims settle without a trial, but a case should be built as if it will be tried. That means medical records, bills, wage proof and a clear story, all gathered while your memory and the evidence are still fresh.

Deadlines, City of Los Angeles claims and how Moe works your case

You generally have two years from the crash to sue for injury (Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1) and three years for vehicle damage. If a public entity is at fault, the clock runs far shorter. Claims against the City of Los Angeles, such as a road defect or a city vehicle crash, go to the City Clerk on the official Claim for Damages form, and a claim for injury must be filed no later than six months after the crash. If the city rejects it in writing, you have six months from that notice to sue (Government Code sections 911.2 and 945.6). California also follows pure comparative negligence, so partial fault reduces your award but does not erase it. Moe takes the insurer calls, gathers your records, sends preservation letters and updates you by call and text. The first review is free, any hour, with Se Habla Español, and under the contingency fee you owe nothing unless he wins. Call (323) 716-1992 and we will tell you honestly if you have a case.

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