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Personal injury lawyers for San Mateo County
The Peninsula's commute runs on 101 and 280, and its injuries follow those corridors. Wherever in the county you were hurt, the case review is free.
San Mateo County is the spine of the Peninsula, and its two great corridors define how people get hurt here. Highway 101 runs the bayside flats through South San Francisco, San Mateo, and Redwood City, dense with commuters, airport traffic around SFO, and delivery trucks at all hours. I-280 carries the faster, hillier commute along the county's western ridge. Between them, arterials like El Camino Real thread through nearly every city in the county, mixing heavy through-traffic with people walking to Caltrain stations, schools, and storefronts.
We represent injured people throughout the county — Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo, Redwood City, and the smaller cities between and beyond. The crashes we see follow the geography: high-speed rear-end and lane-change collisions on 101 and 280, crosswalk and left-turn injuries on El Camino Real, and cross-bay traffic funneling in over the San Mateo and Dumbarton bridges. Whatever the setting, the insurance company on the other side works these claims full-time; the injured person should not face that alone.
Oguz Injury Lawyers LLP handles Peninsula cases from our Walnut Creek office. Distance is no obstacle — most cases start with a phone or video call, and we travel when it helps. The review is free, we work in English, Spanish, Turkish, and Mandarin Chinese, and you pay nothing unless we win.
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Courts
San Mateo County Superior Court
Civil injury lawsuits arising in San Mateo County are filed in the San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, the county seat. Like everywhere in California, most injury claims settle without a lawsuit — but a claim negotiated by someone ready to file is a different negotiation.
Nearby hospitals
- Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame
- San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo
- Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center
- Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto (nearby trauma center)
Getting your accident report
Where to get your collision report depends on where in the county the crash happened. Inside a city — Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo, Redwood City, and the rest — the city's police department usually writes the report. On the freeways (101, 280, 92, 84) and in unincorporated areas along the coast and hills, the California Highway Patrol typically handles the crash, and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office covers some communities. If you are unsure which agency responded, we can identify it and request the report for you as part of a free case review.
How we can help in San Mateo County
Frequently asked questions
How long do I have to file an injury claim in San Mateo County?
The general California deadline is two years from the date of injury, under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. Claims involving public entities — SamTrans, Caltrain-related claims, city or county vehicles, dangerous public property — generally require a written government claim within six months. The safest habit is to identify every potential defendant early, precisely so no short deadline slips past.
My crash was on 101 near the airport. Who has my report?
Freeway crashes throughout the county — on 101, 280, 92, and 84 — are investigated by the California Highway Patrol, so the report comes from the CHP rather than any city police department. Surface-street crashes belong to the city where they happened. We can request the right report for you.
Where would a lawsuit actually be filed?
In the San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, for injuries arising anywhere in the county. Filing is usually a later step — most claims settle with the insurer first — but knowing the venue and its deadlines from day one is part of preparing the case properly.
The insurer blames me for following too closely. Do I still have a case?
Very possibly. California applies pure comparative negligence, so even if you bear some share of fault, you can still recover the portion of your damages attributable to the other driver. Fault allocations in freeway pileups are especially contestable, because the physics and sequence of impacts often tell a different story than the first version adjusters adopt.
What does it cost to get your opinion on my case?
Nothing. The case review is free, and if we take the case, we work on a contingency fee — no upfront costs, and no fee unless we recover for you. The terms go in writing before anything begins.
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Injured in San Mateo County? 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.