UCLA Law Trained Attorneys in Tarzana
The most common motorcycle accident in Tarzana is also the most common everywhere: a car driver turns left at an intersection and hits an oncoming motorcycle. The driver always says the same thing. "I did not see them." That is not a defense. It is an admission that they failed to look.
Arya Firoozmand handles motorcycle accident cases in Tarzana and files at Van Nuys Courthouse West. He knows how to take the "I did not see them" defense apart with intersection geometry, sight-line analysis, and traffic signal timing.
Grew Up Minutes Away and Knows Tarzana Firsthand
I grew up in Woodland Hills, attended El Camino Real High School, and earned my law degree at UCLA. I've spent my career representing injured residents in Tarzana and the surrounding Valley communities. I know this area well, from grabbing breakfast at Bea's Bakery to dinners with my wife at Sol Y Luna on Ventura and Winnetka, to spending evenings at Corbin Bowl. I handle every personal injury case from this part of the Valley personally, not a paralegal, not a junior associate.
What We Already Know When You Call
The high-risk corridors, the trauma hospitals, the filing deadlines, and the legal rules that apply to your case. This is the baseline knowledge we bring to every Tarzana injury claim.
Ventura Boulevard through Tarzana is one of the busiest surface streets in the San Fernando Valley. Combined with US-101 on-ramp congestion, this corridor sees consistent patterns of rear-end, pedestrian, and side-impact crashes.
Paramedics route to Northridge Hospital (Level II Trauma). Providence Tarzana Medical Center is right here on Burbank Boulevard but is not a trauma center. Critical cases go to UCLA Ronald Reagan (Level I).
California is the only U.S. state where motorcycle lane splitting is explicitly legal (Vehicle Code §21658.1). When done safely at a reasonable speed differential, fault cannot be assigned to the rider solely because they were lane splitting.
Insurance adjusters routinely inflate rider fault to reduce payouts. California's pure comparative negligence rule means you can still recover even if partially at fault — but only if your attorney actively counters the insurer's fault-shifting narrative.
What Shapes an Injury Case Here
The Reseda Boulevard medical corridor is one of the most concentrated clusters of treatment centers and specialist practices in the Valley. Providence Tarzana Medical Center sits on Burbank Boulevard. This is where many Valley injury victims end up for treatment whether or not they live here. The practical advantage: we already know the providers who are documenting your injuries, and we know which ones write reports that stand up when the insurance company's lawyer picks them apart.
Tarzana has one of the densest apartment corridors in the mid-Valley, especially along Vanowen and Oxnard. That means landlord and property management defendants are common. Slip and fall on a broken stairwell, assault in a poorly lit parking garage, trip on a cracked walkway: these are all premises cases against management companies, and management companies fight differently than individual homeowners.
The US-101/Reseda Boulevard interchange is a multi-vehicle crash corridor. When several cars are involved, there are multiple insurance policies in play and you need someone who will find all of them, not just the obvious one.
Cases here go to Chatsworth or Van Nuys Courthouse depending on the specifics. Both are courthouses we work in regularly.
The Accidents That Keep Happening
Ventura Boulevard through Tarzana never lets up. It is one of the busiest surface streets in the Valley, and the stretch near Reseda Boulevard combines heavy pedestrian traffic with drivers trying to get to the 101 on-ramp. The result is a mix of rear-end crashes, T-bones at intersections, and pedestrians getting hit in crosswalks.
Reseda Boulevard has the freeway interchange collisions and the medical district traffic. Vanowen and Oxnard run through the apartment belt and see lower-speed crashes that still cause real injuries: a car backing out of a driveway, a kid on a bike getting doored, a delivery truck blocking sight lines at an intersection.
One of our Tarzana cases involved a pedestrian hit in front of a restaurant on Ventura whose owner had removed bollards from the sidewalk patio. Another was a rear-end chain reaction on the 101 on-ramp at Reseda where three different insurance companies tried to blame each other. These cases required different evidence, different experts, and different strategies from day one.
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A motorcycle rider who gets hit at even moderate speed faces injuries that car occupants rarely experience. Here is what California law allows you to recover.
Medical Expenses
Providence Tarzana Medical Center treats motorcycle trauma regularly. Surgery, skin grafts, orthopedic care, and rehab costs are all recoverable.
Lost Wages & Earning Capacity
Between surgeries and physical therapy, motorcycle crash victims miss significant time at work. Permanent injuries reduce future earning power.
Pain & Suffering
Motorcycle crashes cause intense physical pain and lasting emotional distress. Insurance companies try to minimize this, especially for riders.
Motorcycle Damage
Your bike, helmet, jacket, gloves, and boots. We recover the cost of every piece of equipment damaged or destroyed.
Permanent Disability & Scarring
Road rash scarring from Ventura Blvd pavement and joint injuries that won't heal completely. We pursue compensation for the permanent impact.
Punitive Damages
Drivers who hit motorcyclists while impaired or distracted on Ventura Blvd or Reseda Blvd face potential punitive liability.
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818-224-7940What to Do After a Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle accidents cause catastrophic injuries. Your actions in the immediate aftermath directly affect your ability to recover full compensation.
Move to safety and call 911
Ventura Blvd has heavy traffic. Get off the roadway and call LAPD. For 101 crashes, CHP responds.
Do not remove your helmet at the scene
Any neck stiffness, headache, or dizziness means you should leave the helmet on until paramedics evaluate you.
Photograph the scene thoroughly
Skid marks, road debris, vehicle positions, traffic signals, and your injuries. Photograph the road surface where you went down.
Get the driver's information
Plate, insurance, license, and contact details. Ask witnesses for their contact info before they leave the scene.
Seek emergency medical care
Providence Tarzana Medical Center is close. Road rash, fractures, and TBI all require same-day evaluation and documentation.
Contact Westwood Law before speaking to insurers
Arya Firoozmand knows how insurers shift blame to riders. We protect your claim before you say a word to any adjuster.