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Personal injury lawyers serving Antioch
From the Highway 4 commute to the streets around Lone Tree Way, we know how people get hurt in Antioch. The case review is free, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Anyone who lives in Antioch knows the rhythm of Highway 4: crawling west in the morning past Hillcrest, Somersville Road, and Contra Loma, then crawling back east in the evening. That daily grind is where a large share of the injuries we see in East County happen — rear-end collisions in stop-and-go traffic, sideswipes where commuters fight for position at the on-ramps, and higher-speed crashes late at night when the freeway finally opens up.
Off the freeway, Antioch has its own patterns. Lone Tree Way and Deer Valley Road carry heavy traffic past shopping centers, schools, and Kaiser's medical campus, and left-turn and parking-lot collisions there are routine. Closer to the water, A Street and the old Rivertown grid mix pedestrians, local traffic, and drivers cutting through toward the marina and the Antioch Bridge. None of these crashes are dramatic enough to make the news, but they are more than enough to change someone's year — or life.
Oguz Injury Lawyers LLP is based in Walnut Creek, a straight shot down Highway 4 and I-680, and we represent injured people throughout East Contra Costa County. If you were hurt in Antioch, call us before you talk numbers with any insurance company. The conversation is free, we handle cases in English, Spanish, Turkish, and Mandarin Chinese, and you pay nothing unless we recover for you.
Local information
Courts
Contra Costa County Superior Court
Injury lawsuits arising in Antioch are filed in the Contra Costa County Superior Court, which hears civil matters in Martinez. Most claims settle with the insurer long before a courtroom is involved, but if a lawsuit becomes necessary, that is where it goes.
Nearby hospitals
- Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch
- Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center
- John Muir Medical Center, Concord
Getting your accident report
Crashes on Antioch city streets — Lone Tree Way, Deer Valley Road, A Street, and the neighborhood grid — are documented by the Antioch Police Department, and you can request the collision report from the department once it is finalized. Crashes on Highway 4 or Highway 160 near the Antioch Bridge are handled by the California Highway Patrol instead, so those reports come from the CHP. If you are not sure which agency responded, we can figure that out and request the report for you as part of a free case review.
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Frequently asked questions
How long do I have to bring an injury claim after an Antioch crash?
California's general deadline for personal injury claims is two years from the date of injury under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. But if a public entity is involved — a city vehicle, a transit bus, a claim about a public roadway — you generally must present a government claim within six months. Because that shorter deadline catches people by surprise, it is worth asking early, even if you are still treating.
My crash was in stop-and-go traffic on Highway 4. Who has the report?
Freeway collisions on Highway 4 are investigated by the California Highway Patrol, not the Antioch Police Department, so the report comes from the CHP. City-street crashes are Antioch PD's. If you left the scene unsure who responded, that is normal — we can identify the right agency and request the report for you.
The insurance company says I was partly to blame. Does that end my case?
No. California follows pure comparative negligence: fault is divided in percentages, and your recovery is reduced by your share rather than eliminated. Insurers often try to push a larger share onto the injured person precisely because of this rule, so treat their fault assessment as an opening position, not a verdict.
Would I have to travel to Walnut Creek to work with you?
No. Our office is in Walnut Creek, but most Antioch cases start with a phone or video call, and we can make other arrangements if your injuries make travel difficult. Where the first conversation happens matters far less than having it before you give the insurer a recorded statement.
What does hiring an injury lawyer cost?
Nothing up front. We work on a contingency fee, meaning our fee is a portion of what we recover for you — and if there is no recovery, there is no fee. The initial case review is free either way, so the only thing a call costs you is a few minutes.
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Injured in Antioch? Talk to us first.
The case review is free and confidential, and you pay nothing unless we win. Tell us what happened, and we will tell you honestly where you stand.