Your San Leandro Personal Injury Attorney

The Law Offices of Joseph W. Campbell represents people hurt in San Leandro, from its office in Alameda. The firm has no office in San Leandro. Its one attorney, Joseph W. Campbell, offers free consultations, where he answers your questions and reviews your case himself, and you can meet him in person at the Alameda office.

If you were hurt in San Leandro, in a car accident, a fall, a dog bite, or another kind of injury, call (510) 865-5409 or request a free consultation to talk with Joseph about what happened and what comes next.

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Personal injury covers a range of situations. The list below draws on the firm's full practice areas page and covers the kinds of cases this office handles.

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If you need a copy of your collision report, SLPD's Records Unit handles the request. The city's Reports page states a fee of $10 for the first 10 pages of a police report, and $10 for a traffic report, submitted as a public records request. The Records Unit's physical address is 999 E 14th Street, San Leandro, CA 94577, phone 510-577-3217.

Separately, SLPD has an online system for filing certain incident reports, though it will not take a freeway or state highway collision or anything needing immediate police attention; the department's page gives 510-577-2740 for that instead. A hit and run filed online is limited to cases with no suspect information and no injury; if anyone was hurt, call 911 rather than filing online.

If a city vehicle, a road defect, or another City of San Leandro matter caused your injury, you may be dealing with a government claim instead of, or alongside, an insurance claim. The city's own claims page states that claim forms are available at City Hall through the City Clerk's Office, and that claims take approximately 45 days to process. Questions about a claim already filed go to Risk Management at 510-577-3487. The completed form itself is returned to the City Clerk's Office, 835 East 14th Street, San Leandro, CA 94577.

Deadlines differ depending on whether a government agency is involved. When no government agency is involved, the general time limit for an injury lawsuit in California is two years (Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1). A claim against a public entity like the City of San Leandro runs on a shorter clock. Under California's Government Claims Act, you generally have six months from the date of the incident to file it. A limited late-claim option exists within one year, available only on specific grounds, and no lawsuit against a public entity can move forward without that claim being filed first. If your claim against the city is denied, the city's own page says you then have six months from the date the denial letter is mailed to file a lawsuit. If you never receive a denial, the city's page separately gives you two years from the date of the incident to resolve the claim or sue.

A bus-related injury works through a different process. AC Transit's own claims page describes filing a Claim for Damages Form with its District Secretary's Office, generally within six months of the incident under Government Code section 911.2, and states plainly that claims sent by fax or email will not be accepted.

BART, Alameda County, and the State of California each have their own claims process under that same general government claims framework. For a freeway-specific claim, Caltrans District 4 takes claims of $12,500 or less directly, and routes larger claims through the state's Government Claims Program. Which process applies depends on what caused your injury and who controlled the property or vehicle involved.

Call (510) 865-5409 or request a free consultation to talk with Joseph about your San Leandro case.