If you were hurt in a car accident in Burbank, you are dealing with medical appointments, missed work and an insurance adjuster who started building a file the same day. I am Brandon Aminpour, a California attorney (State Bar #340927), and I handle these claims myself from my office at 6404 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1111 in Los Angeles. When you call, you speak with me — not an intake department that hands your file to someone you never meet.
Burbank is its own city with its own police department, and the Los Angeles County Superior Court operates a Burbank courthouse at 300 East Olive Avenue, though civil injury matters are frequently filed centrally. Hollywood Burbank Airport puts arrival and rental-car traffic onto Hollywood Way and Empire Avenue at all hours, and the studio district around Olive Avenue and Alameda Avenue runs production schedules that fill the streets outside normal commute hours.
Locations that come up repeatedly in Burbank car accident claims:
Report the collision so there is an official record — in Burbank that normally means the Burbank Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol if the crash happened on the I-5 or SR-134 rather than on a city street. Get checked by a doctor the same day if you can; a gap between the collision and the first medical visit is the argument an adjuster reaches for first. Then preserve what will disappear. Camera footage from businesses along Olive and Hollywood Way is typically overwritten within days, and no one will hold it without a written request.
What is worth collecting in the first week:
The general deadline to file suit for a personal injury in California is two years from the date of injury under Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1. That is not the only clock. If a public entity is involved — the City of Burbank, a city-owned vehicle, a signal or a dangerous condition of a public street — a written claim must be presented within six months under Government Code § 911.2, and that six-month deadline is not extended for a minor.
California requires minimum auto liability coverage of $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident and $15,000 property damage under Vehicle Code § 16056. Where that is not enough, your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may apply, subject to the notice requirements in Insurance Code § 11580.2.
California follows pure comparative fault (Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804). A share of responsibility reduces recovery by that percentage rather than eliminating the claim, so an early suggestion from an adjuster that you were partly to blame is not the end of the matter. Under Civil Code § 1431.2, economic damages remain joint and several among defendants while non-economic damages are apportioned by each defendant's share of fault.
Generally two years from the date of injury under Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1. If a public entity is involved — a city street, a signal, a city-owned vehicle — you must present a written claim within six months under Government Code § 911.2, and that shorter deadline is not extended for minors.
On city streets it is normally the Burbank Police Department. On the I-5 or SR-134, including the ramps, it is the California Highway Patrol. Knowing which agency responded matters, because that is where the report is obtained and the two agencies use different systems.
Not before you have advice. An adjuster is allowed to ask, and the statement becomes part of the file that gets used against you later — particularly on how the collision happened and how badly you were hurt in the first days, when injuries are often still developing. You can decline and refer them to your attorney.
The consultation is free. I work on a contingency fee, so you owe no attorney's fee unless I recover compensation. Case costs are separate from the attorney's fee and are explained in writing in the fee agreement before I begin.
My office is at 6404 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1111, Los Angeles, CA 90048. I also handle consultations by phone and video, and I can arrange to meet somewhere convenient in Burbank if travel is difficult after an injury. Call (323) 879-9777.
This is general information, not legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.