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Reviewed by David Gammill, California trial attorney · Last reviewed: September 24, 2026
If you were hurt in an accident that someone else caused in Inglewood, California law lets you recover your medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering, and it puts a deadline on doing it. Gammill Law Accident & Injury Lawyers is a South Bay trial firm that represents injured people and families in Inglewood and across the South Bay. The firm has recovered more than $100 million for California clients across verdicts and settlements. Its results include a $21.1 million wrongful death verdict, a $16 million school sexual abuse verdict, and a $12 million whistleblower retaliation verdict; every case is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Inglewood packs heavy traffic into a small footprint, and the crashes follow the volume. The city sits against the 405 freeway on the west and the 105 along its southern edge, and its arterials carry the load between them: Century, Manchester, Crenshaw, La Brea, La Cienega, Prairie, Florence, Imperial Highway, and Centinela. The 2022 environmental assessment for the Inglewood Transit Connector measured roughly 33,000 to 50,500 vehicles a day on Century Boulevard, 21,800 to 37,250 on Prairie Avenue, and 18,800 to 36,400 on Manchester Boulevard. The City points to its sports and entertainment district along the Prairie and Century corridor, home to SoFi Stadium, the Intuit Dome, the Kia Forum, and Hollywood Park, as a major driver of that traffic. That does not make any one place responsible for a crash.
The state’s numbers describe the result. In 2023, the most recent year in the rankings, traffic collisions in Inglewood killed or injured 634 people, the fifth-highest count among the 62 California cities in its population group. The count was 514 in 2019, 562 in 2021, and 480 in 2022, so the 2023 figure reads as a single-year spike rather than a steady climb. Inglewood has been consistently among the worst cities in its group for pedestrians: 73 pedestrian victims in 2021 ranked first of 60 cities, and 63 in 2023 ranked second of 62, according to the Office of Traffic Safety’s crash rankings. Drivers must yield to people in marked and unmarked crosswalks under Vehicle Code § 21950. The same 2023 rankings put Inglewood first of 62 for nighttime crashes, with 80. They put the city second of 62 for hit-and-run crashes, with 84. Leaving the scene of an injury crash is a felony under Vehicle Code § 20001, and a prompt police report is usually a condition of the victim’s uninsured motorist claim.
Inglewood runs its own municipal police department with a dedicated Traffic Unit, so a crash on a city street is usually handled by Inglewood officers, and their report becomes the first document every insurer reads. The South Bay’s only Level I trauma center is Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street in West Carson, operated by Los Angeles County. Centinela Hospital Medical Center, 555 East Hardy Street, is the only hospital in Inglewood and a county 9-1-1 receiving hospital; it is not a trauma center. When a public roadway is part of the story, the record matters: Caltrans approved about $2.81 million in Highway Safety Improvement Program work in Inglewood in 2018, including raised medians on Centinela Avenue, signal upgrades at La Brea and Prairie, and pedestrian countdown heads, and Government Code § 835 governs when a dangerous condition of public property can support a claim.
Most California injury claims must be filed within two years. Under CCP § 335.1, the clock starts the day of the injury, and courts rarely excuse a missed deadline. Our plain-English guide to CCP § 335.1, California’s two-year statute of limitations, covers the rule and its narrow exceptions.
Government cases move much faster. If a city vehicle, a malfunctioning signal, or a dangerous stretch of road played a role, Government Code § 911.2 requires a written claim to the right public entity within six months, before any lawsuit. In Inglewood that entity is usually the City of Inglewood itself for city streets, signals, and Inglewood police vehicles; the 405 and the 105 are state freeways maintained by Caltrans. Our guide to the California government claim deadline walks through the sequence. We identify the correct entity and file on time.
Where the case is heard. Most Inglewood injury lawsuits are filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Southwest District, at either the Torrance Courthouse or the Inglewood Courthouse. We confirm the right courthouse for where your injury happened and file there before the deadline runs.
California requires drivers to carry only minimum liability coverage of $30,000 per injured person, $60,000 per accident, and $15,000 for property damage (Vehicle Code § 16451, for policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025). A single emergency room visit can exceed the per-person minimum. The real work in an Inglewood injury case is finding every source of coverage that legally applies: the at-fault driver’s policy, an employer’s policy if that driver was working, a rideshare company’s policy if the trip was on the app, and your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. With 84 hit-and-run injury crashes in 2023, Inglewood victims lean on their own uninsured motorist coverage more often than most, and strict conditions apply, so get advice early. If an Uber or Lyft vehicle was involved, our Uber and Lyft accident page explains how those policies layer.
Car Accidents. Rear-end, intersection, and freeway collisions on Inglewood’s arterials and the 405 and 105, where we identify every applicable policy and prove fault with the police report, physical evidence, and video before it is overwritten.
Wrongful Death. When a crash or other negligence takes a life, California law lets the closest family members bring a claim for their loss, and it has its own rules and deadlines.
Truck Accidents. Crashes involving commercial trucks bring federal safety rules, driver logs, and maintenance records into the case, and a carrier’s insurer moves quickly to protect itself.
Dog Bites. A dog owner is strictly liable for a bite in California, and in Inglewood a bite is reported to Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control, which handles animal control for the city.
For other case types we handle across the South Bay, see our Torrance pages on pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, slip and fall, rideshare, catastrophic injury, and brain injury cases.
California law allows injured people to recover economic damages, meaning documented losses like emergency care, surgery, therapy, medications, future treatment, lost income, and vehicle repair or replacement, and non-economic damages, meaning the human losses: pain, anxiety, lost sleep, and the activities an injury takes away. Where a drunk or grossly reckless driver caused the harm, punitive damages may be available on clear and convincing proof under Civil Code § 3294; Inglewood recorded 23 alcohol-involved crash victims in 2023, according to the Office of Traffic Safety. When a crash takes a life, the family’s claim is a wrongful death claim with its own rules, and our Inglewood wrongful death page explains them.
Our office is in Torrance, on Del Amo Boulevard, and our attorneys bring more than 40 years of combined legal experience to every case we take. We prepare every case for trial from the first meeting, because insurers price a claim differently when the lawyer across the table will finish the fight in front of a jury.
We work on a contingency fee: nothing upfront, no hourly bills, and a fee only out of the recovery, under a written contingency fee agreement that complies with California law.
Injured and unable to travel? We meet clients at the hospital, at home, or wherever recovery requires, and we can meet by phone or Zoom. Call 310-750-4149 any time, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Start with trial experience, because the value an insurer puts on your claim depends on whether your lawyer is ready to try the case. David Gammill has tried over 100 cases to verdict. Every case is different, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Before that, he spent seven years as a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, so he knows how the other side prepares. Two practical questions cut through the rest: will the lawyer who signs you up be the one who handles your case, and can the firm point to real results in cases like yours? The firm’s record is set out above.
Two years from the date of the injury for most claims, under CCP § 335.1. If a public entity is involved, such as the City of Inglewood or Caltrans, a written claim is due within six months under Gov. Code § 911.2, and that shorter deadline controls.
The city concentrates heavy foot traffic and fast arterial and freeway-fed traffic in the same corridors, especially around Prairie and Century. The Office of Traffic Safety ranked Inglewood first of 60 comparable cities for pedestrian victims in 2021 and second of 62 in 2023. Drivers owe pedestrians the right of way in marked and unmarked crosswalks under Vehicle Code § 21950, and when a driver fails that duty the injured person can bring a claim.
Most Inglewood injury lawsuits are filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Southwest District, at either the Torrance Courthouse or the Inglewood Courthouse. We confirm the right courthouse for where your injury happened and file there on time.
Nothing upfront and nothing out of pocket. Our fee is a percentage of the recovery, collected only if we win. Our guide to what a personal injury lawyer costs shows the math plainly.
Gammill Law represents people injured in Inglewood and throughout the South Bay, including Torrance, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Carson, El Segundo, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. See every South Bay city we serve.
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This page is attorney advertising and general information, not legal advice for any specific situation. Deadlines and outcomes are fact-specific; consult a licensed California attorney about your own circumstances. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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My name is David Gammill. I am a California trial lawyer and the founder of Gammill Law Accident & Injury Lawyers. Our firm has recovered more than $100 million for California clients. Our results include a $21.1 million wrongful death verdict, a $16 million school sexual abuse verdict, and a $12 million whistleblower retaliation verdict. I learned to try cases in front of juries early in my career as a Deputy District Attorney, and trying cases remains the backbone of my practice.
