UCLA-Trained Attorneys in Calabasas
When a commercial truck causes a crash in Calabasas, you are not dealing with an individual driver and their personal auto insurer. You are dealing with a trucking company, a commercial insurance carrier, a cargo shipper, and possibly a maintenance contractor. Each one has their own legal team. Each one will point the finger at someone else. If your attorney does not understand federal trucking regulations and multi-party liability, those defendants will run circles around your claim.
Arya Firoozmand handles truck accident cases in Calabasas and files at Chatsworth Courthouse. He understands FMCSA rules on driver hours, vehicle maintenance, and cargo loading. He knows how to subpoena black box data before it is overwritten and how to trace liability through the chain of defendants. If you were hit by a commercial truck on the 101, on Las Virgenes Road, or anywhere in Calabasas, call us before the carrier finishes building their defense.
A Calabasas-Area Attorney Who Knows This Community
I grew up in Woodland Hills, minutes from Calabasas, and have spent years representing injured residents across the West Valley. I bike the Las Virgenes trails off Valley Circle and Victory and spend time at The Commons. Plenty of memories at Sagebrush Cantina where graduations, birthdays, and celebrations always ended up. I attended El Camino Real High School and UCLA Law School. I don’t need to look up your neighborhood before taking your call.
The Local Details That Move Your Case Forward
The crash corridors, the hospitals that handle trauma, the legal deadlines, the insurance dynamics. These are the things we know about Calabasas cases on day one, before we even open your file.
The Ventura Freeway through Calabasas sees heavy commuter volume. CHP data shows consistent rear-end and lane-change crashes at the Lost Hills Road interchange, where merging traffic forces sudden speed adjustments.
Calabasas straddles the county line, so trauma routing depends on crash location: Los Robles Regional (Level II, Thousand Oaks) or Northridge Hospital (Level II). Critical cases go to UCLA Ronald Reagan (Level I).
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sets strict rules for driver hours, vehicle maintenance, and load limits. Violations of these regulations — speeding, HOS violations, improper cargo — are powerful evidence of negligence.
Liability can span the driver, the carrier, the cargo shipper, the truck manufacturer, and maintenance contractors. Identifying and pursuing all defendants maximizes your recovery and prevents pointing fingers.
Why These Cases Require Local Knowledge
A large share of residential injuries in Calabasas happen inside gated, HOA-governed developments like The Oaks and The Highlands. The HOA's insurance policy, common area maintenance records, and liability structure are all different from a standard homeowner claim. If you do not know to request the HOA's insurance certificate and incident log early, you are already behind.
The Las Virgenes and Mulholland corridor to Malibu has a documented crash history. When a collision involves road design or poor maintenance on these mountain stretches, Caltrans or LA County may be liable alongside the other driver. But government tort claims have a six-month notice deadline. Miss it and the claim is gone.
Calabasas Commons is corporate-owned retail with a professional claims team. They have lawyers on retainer. They contest everything. We have dealt with them before and know what records to pull and how fast the footage gets overwritten.
Cases file at Chatsworth Courthouse, LA County. And individual defendants here tend to carry umbrella policies well above their primary limits, which changes how we structure the demand.
The Injury Patterns We See Here
The US-101 through Calabasas funnels heavy commuter traffic past the Lost Hills Road interchange. Drivers merge into backed-up lanes and the result is rear-end after rear-end, most of them at speeds that cause real damage: disc herniations, whiplash that lasts months, concussions that do not show up on the first scan.
Las Virgenes Road toward Malibu is where the serious mountain-road crashes happen. Calabasas Road and Lost Hills Road get the commercial and school zone collisions. Agoura Road on the western edge carries mixed commuter and local traffic with its own set of intersection conflicts.
Recent cases from Calabasas have included a parking lot collision at The Commons where the property tried to disclaim liability, a rideshare passenger injured on the 101 with dueling insurance policies, and a cyclist hit on Las Virgenes by a driver who crossed the center line on a blind curve. No two of those cases involved the same legal strategy.
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Most Dangerous Intersections
Recent Crashes
Trucking Companies With Crashes Here
Compensation Available in Your Case
Truck crashes produce injuries that car accidents rarely do. Spinal damage, traumatic brain injuries, and crush injuries are common. The compensation must reflect the severity.
Medical Expenses
Emergency surgery, intensive care, imaging, and long-term rehab. Truck crashes on the 101 near Calabasas produce catastrophic injuries.
Lost Wages & Earning Capacity
Months or years away from work after a truck collision. If your injuries are permanent, future earning capacity is part of your claim.
Pain & Suffering
Severe physical pain and lasting psychological trauma from being hit by a commercial truck. The scale of these injuries is different from car-on-car crashes.
Property Damage
Your vehicle was likely destroyed. We pursue full replacement value and cover rental costs during your claim.
Permanent Disability
Truck crashes frequently cause spinal injuries, amputations, and brain damage that fundamentally change your life. We pursue compensation that reflects that reality.
Punitive Damages
When a carrier knowingly put a fatigued or unqualified driver on Calabasas roads, or ignored mandatory maintenance, punitive damages are on the table.
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818-224-7940What to Do After a Truck Accident
Trucking company investigators respond within hours. Your ability to preserve critical evidence depends on having legal representation in place early.
Call 911 immediately
CHP will handle 101 crashes. Make sure the responding officer documents the truck's information and any hazmat or cargo issues.
Photograph everything
DOT number, USDOT placard, license plate, tire condition, cargo status, and all damage. Do this before anything gets moved or cleaned up.
Do not speak with the carrier's investigator
Trucking companies dispatch legal and investigation teams within hours of a crash. Say nothing to them. They are building a defense, not helping you.
Seek immediate medical care
Truck collisions involve forces that cause internal bleeding, organ damage, and spinal injuries. Get to an ER immediately.
Contact Westwood Law immediately
Arya Firoozmand sends a litigation hold letter to the carrier the same day to preserve electronic logs, GPS data, and inspection records.