(626) 521-5402Free Consultation
Azusa Avenue, Citrus, Cameron, Garvey and Amar, the 10 Freeway, and the ride north into San Gabriel Canyon. If a driver in West Covina hit you on your motorcycle, Morales Law Firm handles the claim. Our attorney grew up here. Free consultation. No fee unless we win. English and Spanish.
“I learned to drive on these streets. I know which intersections scare me, and they’re the same ones where riders get hurt.”
Francisco Morales was raised in West Covina and graduated from West Covina High School in 2008. His office is fifteen minutes east in San Dimas.
That matters in a motorcycle case. Knowing where the cameras are on Azusa Avenue, how the lanes merge near the Plaza, and which intersections have a history is how you prove what a driver did.
We handle motorcycle claims against drivers, rideshare companies and commercial vehicles. We also handle claims against your own insurer when the other driver has no coverage or too little.
Most West Covina motorcycle crashes happen on a handful of wide, busy streets. Here they are, roughly north to south.
Six lanes, fast traffic and constant left turns into shopping centers. A driver turning left looks for cars, misses the motorcycle, and turns across your lane.
Drivers circling for parking, pulling out of driveways and changing lanes at the last second for the mall entrances. Parking-lot crashes often get no police report, which makes early photos and witness names more important.
Drivers merging on and off the 10 cut across lanes and brake hard. Rear-end crashes at the ramps throw riders into traffic.
Long, fast stretches toward Walnut and the City of Industry, with side streets and driveways where drivers pull out without seeing an oncoming bike.
Azusa Avenue runs straight north out of West Covina and turns into Highway 39 through San Gabriel Canyon. On weekends it is one of the busiest riding roads in the San Gabriel Valley, along with Glendora Mountain Road.
Canyon crashes usually involve a driver crossing the center line on a curve, or loose gravel and road damage. A public agency may share the blame, and those claims have a six-month deadline. Call us early.
California defines it and does not ban it. Splitting lanes does not make a crash your fault. The CHP publishes rider safety guidance.
No helmet can reduce a recovery only for injuries a helmet would have prevented. It has nothing to do with a broken leg.
If you were 25% at fault, you still recover 75%. The insurer’s first fault number is an opening offer, not a finding.
Most injury lawsuits must be filed within two years of the crash.
A city bus, a county truck or a road defect means a written claim within six months.
If the driver has little or no insurance, or fled, your own uninsured motorist coverage can make up the difference.
| Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital | 1115 S. Sunset Ave. The emergency room most West Covina riders are taken to. |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital | Covina. The other common emergency room for the area. |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center | Pomona. Level II trauma center for the east San Gabriel Valley. |
| West Covina Police Department | 1444 W. Garvey Ave. S. Takes reports for crashes on city streets. |
| CHP Baldwin Park Area | Takes reports for crashes on the 10 Freeway. |
| Courts | Los Angeles Superior Court: the West Covina Courthouse on West Covina Parkway, or Pomona Courthouse South. |
Send a few details and an attorney, not a screener, will call you back. No cost, no obligation, and no fee unless we recover money for you. Phones are answered 24 hours a day, in English and Spanish, and we come to you in West Covina.
Tell us what happened. No cost, no obligation, and your information stays private.
The West Covina Police Department at 1444 W. Garvey Ave. S. for crashes on city streets. Crashes on the 10 Freeway are handled by the CHP Baldwin Park Area office. We request the report on every case and check it for errors.
Yes. Parking lots are private property, so police often won’t write a full report, but that has nothing to do with who was at fault. Photos, witness names and store cameras matter even more in a parking-lot case.
Yes. California defines lane splitting in Vehicle Code section 21658.1 and does not prohibit it. Splitting lanes does not make a crash your fault. The question is whether the driver was careless.
Often, yes. If another driver crossed into your lane, the claim is against that driver. If road damage or debris caused the crash, a public agency may be responsible, and a written claim is due within six months.
About fifteen minutes east on the 10 and the 57. We are at 151 W. Bonita Ave. in San Dimas. Our attorney grew up in West Covina, and we regularly meet riders at home or at Queen of the Valley.
Two years for most injury lawsuits in California, and six months for a claim against a public agency. Video and witnesses disappear much faster than that.
Nothing up front. Our fee comes out of the recovery, and if we don’t recover money for you, you owe no fee. The consultation is free, in English or Spanish.
Morales Law Firm
151 W. Bonita Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773
(626) 521-5402
We are about fifteen minutes east of West Covina, at the Bonita Avenue exit off the 57. For most riders we come to you for the first meeting, at home or in the hospital, and handle the rest by phone, text and email. If you would rather come to us, there is free parking in downtown San Dimas.
Free consultation, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No fee unless we win. Two years to file under California law, and the evidence does not wait.