Newport Beach Personal Injury Lawyer

E-bikes on the Peninsula and the boardwalk

E-bikes are everywhere in Newport Beach, on the streets, the bike paths and the boardwalk, and the police department has run dedicated enforcement operations on the Balboa Peninsula to deal with unsafe riding. Many riders are teenagers.

If you were hit by a car while riding, the driver's insurer will likely blame your speed. If you were hit by a rider, the question becomes whose insurance answers, which is often not obvious when the rider is a minor. Either way, call before you talk to an insurer. Read bicycle accidents for how these claims are built.

Pacific Coast Highway

PCH runs the length of the city, from the Santa Ana River to Newport Coast, and carries commuters, beach traffic and people turning in and out of shopping centers and side streets. Speed, left turns across traffic and drivers looking for parking are behind many of the crashes. People walking and riding are hurt worst. Read pedestrian accidents if you were hit on foot.

The harbor

Newport Harbor is one of the largest recreational harbors on the West Coast. An injury on a boat, a dock or the water can be governed by different rules than an injury on land, depending on where and how it happened. If you were hurt on the water, say so on the first call.

Who writes the report

• City streets, including PCH through town — the Newport Beach Police Department
• The 73 toll road — the California Highway Patrol
• In the harbor — the Orange County Sheriff's Department Harbor Patrol

Get the report number at the scene if you can. If not, note the agency, the date and the nearest cross streets.

Hospitals

Hoag Hospital Newport Beach is the city's main emergency department. The most serious injuries are often taken directly to a designated trauma center instead, such as UCI Medical Center in Orange, the county's only Level I adult trauma center, or Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

Wherever you were treated, ask for your records and keep every bill and discharge sheet.

Where the case would be heard

An injury lawsuit from Newport Beach is heard at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, along with civil cases from the rest of the county. The office in Aliso Viejo is a short drive away.

Call Boyd

The first conversation is free, it obligates you to nothing, and Boyd takes it himself, in English or Spanish. If you do not need a lawyer, he will tell you that too. This page is also in Spanish.