San Diego Personal Injury Lawyers

Big advertising firms often pass cases to case managers after the first call. We stay small on purpose. Steven D. Green and Robert Sibilia handle our cases directly, and you can reach them when you have a question.

How we work

• Plain-English answers. We tell you what your case looks like, what it needs and how long it may take. If we think a claim is weak, we say so.
• Medical records we can read. Before law school, Steven was a manager for several medical device companies, training surgeons in the operating room on spinal fusion, disc replacement and cardiac laser systems. He reads imaging reports and surgical notes the way defense experts do.
• Insight from the defense side. Our senior litigation paralegal, Jennifer Kearney, has 15+ years with leading civil defense and plaintiff firms throughout San Diego County and knows the California Tort Claims Act. We know the arguments local insurers and their lawyers tend to make.
• Phones answered 24/7. Accidents do not keep business hours. Call any time, including nights and weekends.

What it costs

Ask any injury lawyer how fees and case costs work before you sign. California requires a contingency fee agreement to be in writing and to state that the fee is negotiable Bus. & Prof. Code 6147. Green Law Group explains its written fee agreement, including costs, during your free case review.

• Personal injury
• Car accident claims in San Diego and across California
• Truck and commercial vehicle accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Back injuries
• Neck injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Premises liability and slip and fall
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death
• Workplace injuries and workers' comp

San Diego is a driving town, and each corridor has its own patterns:

• I-5 runs the coast from the border through downtown and La Jolla to Oceanside, with heavy commuter and visitor traffic.
• I-805 parallels I-5 inland through Sorrento Valley, Kearny Mesa and the South Bay, and the two meet at a busy merge north of UTC.
• I-15 carries commuters between Escondido, Rancho Bernardo, Mira Mesa and central San Diego.
• SR-163 links downtown and Hillcrest to Kearny Mesa through Balboa Park, with tight curves and short ramps.
• SR-94 and I-8 are the main east-west routes toward La Mesa, El Cajon and Santee.
• SR-52 and SR-56 cross the county between the coast, Clairemont, Santee and the north inland suburbs.
• Coast Highway 101 runs through Del Mar, Encinitas and Carlsbad, where drivers share the road with cyclists and pedestrians.

Wherever it happened, the steps are the same. Get medical care, keep your records, and be careful with the other driver's insurer. You must also report most injury crashes to the DMV within 10 days on form SR-1 Veh. Code 16000. California uses pure comparative fault, so you can still recover if you were partly to blame Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804.

Want a rough number first? Our California car accident settlement calculator gives an estimated range in about a minute.

SDPD says to allow 3 to 10 business days before requesting a report. If you were a driver, passenger, or the parent of an injured child, you are usually entitled to a copy. Once you hire us, we request the report and any photos or witness statements for you.

The six-month rule covers personal injury, wrongful death and damage to personal property such as your car. Common examples include a crash with a city vehicle, a fall on a broken county sidewalk, an injury on an MTS trolley or bus, or a dangerous highway condition.

If the entity rejects the claim in writing, you generally have six months from that notice to file a lawsuit Gov. Code 945.6. If you miss the claim deadline, late-claim relief is sometimes possible, but it is never guaranteed Gov. Code 946.6.

Minors do not get extra time on government claims

For an ordinary injury lawsuit, a child's two-year deadline usually doesn't start until they turn 18. That delay doesn't apply to the six-month government claim CCP 352. If your child was hurt by a bus, trolley or city vehicle, call promptly.

Enter your accident date below to see your deadlines. The same tool lives on our California Claim Clock.

• Hall of Justice, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 (civil business office in Room 225)
• North County Regional Center, 325 S. Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081

The court's filing guide points cases to a location by the ZIP code or city where the person or company being sued lives. You will not need to appear for most steps. We handle the filings, and many cases resolve through mediation. If you need to give a deposition or testify, we prepare you in advance and go with you.

Outside San Diego County? We take cases in all 58 California counties, including our neighbors Orange County, Riverside County and Imperial County, and Los Angeles County. See the full county list.