UCLA Law Trained Attorneys in Valley Glen
Valley Glen is split by the 170, and the collision record follows it precisely. Sherman Way at the freeway is the worst location in the community by a wide margin, with Victory and Whitsett at the same freeway close behind. Those three account for most of the serious injuries here.
Freeway-adjacent surface streets produce a specific kind of crash: a driver coming off a ramp at speed meeting a driver who is already in local traffic. Liability in those cases is almost always contested, because both drivers believe they had the right of way and the police report frequently records both accounts without resolving them.
An Attorney Who Knows Valley Glen
I went to El Camino Real in Woodland Hills, graduated from UCLA Law, and have spent my career in Valley courtrooms. I've gotten to know Valley Glen over years of representing clients from this part of the Valley.
What Makes Your Case Different From Day One
A freeway running through the middle of the neighborhood, a commuter campus, and a hit and run rate above 40 percent. Here is what that means for your claim.
Los Angeles Valley College on Fulton Avenue generates concentrated pedestrian and vehicle traffic during class hours. Student pedestrian crossings, parking lot congestion, and the mix of young drivers with heavy arterial traffic create a distinct collision pattern around campus.
California law allows surviving spouses, children, and — in some cases — other dependents to file a civil wrongful death claim for the negligent, reckless, or intentional killing of a family member. This is a separate claim from any criminal prosecution.
A survival action (CCP §377.30) allows the estate to recover damages the deceased could have claimed if they had survived — including pain and suffering experienced before death. Both claims can run simultaneously and are often pursued together.
What Shapes an Injury Case Here
The 170 Freeway is the defining feature of the local collision record. Sherman Way, Victory, and Whitsett at the freeway appear repeatedly, and together with Woodman they account for the majority of injury crashes in Valley Glen.
LA Valley College brings a commuter student population onto Fulton and Burbank at predictable hours. Unlike a residential campus, most of that traffic arrives by car, which shows up as parking-related and turning-movement collisions rather than the pedestrian pattern you see around CSUN.
Roughly 111 collisions here were hit and run, about 41 percent of the total. In a community where much of the volume is freeway-adjacent, identifying a fleeing driver often depends on ramp cameras and business video with short retention windows.
Victory Boulevard and Oxnard Street are the east-west arterials, with Fulton Avenue and Coldwater Canyon carrying the north-south load through otherwise residential blocks. That mix of quiet streets and heavy arterials is where the pedestrian collisions happen.
Cases file at Van Nuys Courthouse West.
Where People Get Hurt
Sherman Way at the 170 is the single worst location in Valley Glen, with 37 collisions on record. Victory at the 170 follows, and Whitsett at the freeway adds another cluster. Sherman Way at Woodman and Saticoy at Woodman produce the main surface-street locations.
Victory Boulevard carries the heaviest local volume. Oxnard Street runs parallel and picks up the overflow. Fulton Avenue and Coldwater Canyon Avenue connect the residential grid to the arterials, and that is where most of the ten pedestrian collisions on record occurred.
Two people have died and 123 have been injured in the collisions here. Against 270 total crashes, that injury rate is consistent with a community where freeway-speed traffic keeps meeting local traffic.
Crash Data
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Contested liability is the norm on freeway-adjacent cases. Every category below still has to be documented, because the fight over fault does not pause the medical bills.
Medical Expenses
Emergency treatment, imaging, orthopedic care, physical therapy, and prescriptions from the collision forward.
Lost Wages
Income lost during recovery, documented through payroll, tax returns, or business records depending on how you work.
Lost Earning Capacity
A permanent injury limits what you can earn for the rest of your career. That figure has to be calculated, not estimated.
Pain & Suffering
Ongoing pain, disrupted sleep, and anxiety about the same intersection. Documented properly, these carry substantial settlement value.
Property Damage
Repair or total loss at fair market value, rental car costs, and personal property destroyed in the crash.
Uninsured Motorist Recovery
With 111 hit and run collisions on the local record, your own coverage is frequently where the recovery actually comes from.
Future Medical Costs
Some injuries require years of follow-up care. We work with medical experts to project that cost and include it in the demand.
Punitive Damages
Available where conduct was reckless rather than careless, which covers many impaired driving and hit and run cases.
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818-224-7940Steps for Wrongful Death Families
Wrongful death claims involve both legal process and profound personal grief. We guide families through both with discretion and determination.
Free consultation, no obligation
Tell Arya what happened. Honest read on liability and what the case involves, with no fee and no obligation to continue.
We handle the insurance company
On contested liability cases the first recorded statement is where the other side builds its theory. Those calls come to us instead.
We build and investigate your case
We pull the CHP or LAPD report, request ramp and business camera footage along Sherman Way and Victory before it cycles, and canvass for witnesses while memories are current.
You recover full compensation
Medical costs, lost income, future care, and pain and suffering. Valley Glen cases file at Van Nuys Courthouse West and we prepare every one for trial.