California injury claim guides
Longer explanations of the things that decide what a claim is worth: the deadlines, who pays for treatment, how fault percentages get set, and what an adjuster is entitled to ask you for.
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What to Do After a Car Accident in California
Two of the steps on this list are legal requirements in California, and most people miss both. Here is the order to do things in, including what to photograph and what not to say.
9 minute read →California Personal Injury Deadlines
Most people know about the two-year rule. The deadlines that actually destroy California claims are the six-month government claim and the uninsured motorist requirement, and almost nobody hears about either in time.
8 minute read →Who Pays Your Medical Bills After a California Crash?
California has no no-fault system, so nobody automatically covers your treatment. Here is every source that might, in the order they usually matter, and how liens quietly determine what you actually take home.
9 minute read →What Is My California Injury Case Worth?
The honest answer is that nobody can tell you on the first phone call, and anyone who does is guessing. Here is what genuinely drives the number, and why the multiplier formulas online are fiction.
8 minute read →Dealing With Insurance Adjusters in California
An adjuster is a professional doing a job, and the job is not to maximize your recovery. Here is what they are actually entitled to, what you can decline, and what signing the wrong document does.
9 minute read →California Comparative Fault, Explained
Being partly at fault does not end a claim in California. It discounts it, by a percentage an adjuster will try to set in the first phone call, before anyone has investigated anything.
7 minute read →Why these are long
Because the short version is what gets people into trouble. “You have two years” is true and incomplete, and the part it leaves out — the six-month government claim deadline, the separate uninsured motorist requirement — is exactly the part that ends claims. Each guide states the code section it relies on so you can check it.
All of it is general information about California law rather than legal advice, and it was last reviewed October 2026.
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