Car Accident Attorney in Glendale, AZ
A car accident can leave you dealing with much more than a damaged vehicle. You may be in pain, missing work, attending medical appointments, trying to arrange transportation, and receiving calls from an insurance company before you fully understand what the collision has done to your life.
If another driver caused your crash, a car accident attorney in Glendale, AZ can help you understand your rights and determine what compensation may be available. Perez Law Group, PLLC represents injured drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and families throughout Glendale, the West Valley, and communities across Arizona.
Our legal team can investigate how the collision happened, identify available insurance coverage, document your injuries and financial losses, communicate with insurance companies, and pursue a resolution that reflects the actual impact of the accident.
Call (602) 730-7100 or contact Perez Law Group to request a free consultation.
No attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you.
A serious crash can create medical bills, lost income, transportation problems, and pressure from insurance adjusters at the same time you are trying to recover. Perez Law Group can review what happened, explain your legal options, and help you determine the appropriate next step.
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Our Record of Results for Injured Clients
Perez Law Group has obtained significant recoveries for clients injured in motor vehicle accidents and other serious incidents. Our attorneys investigate difficult liability and damages issues, prepare cases carefully, and pursue compensation through negotiation or litigation when necessary.
These results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each client’s case. Results in other cases will differ.
Amounts shown are gross before deduction of fees, costs, and expenses. Past results are not a guarantee of future outcomes.
What Should You Do After a Car Accident in Glendale?
The decisions made during the first days and weeks after a collision can affect both your health and an eventual injury claim. You do not need to become an expert in Arizona insurance law overnight, but you should take reasonable steps to protect yourself.
- Get appropriate medical care. Do not assume pain, stiffness, numbness, headaches, dizziness, or other symptoms will disappear simply because you were able to leave the scene. Follow the medical advice you receive and tell healthcare providers accurately how your symptoms are developing.
- Report and document the crash. When appropriate, call law enforcement, exchange information, photograph the vehicles and scene, and obtain contact information from witnesses.
- Save records connected to the collision. Keep medical bills, repair estimates, receipts, photographs, insurance correspondence, missed-work documentation, and other records in one place.
- Be careful when speaking with the other driver’s insurance company. An adjuster may ask for a recorded statement or request broad medical information before you know the full extent of your injuries.
- Do not rush to sign a settlement release. Once an injury claim is fully settled and released, you generally cannot return later simply because your condition became worse or additional treatment was needed.
- Consider getting legal advice early. Evidence can disappear, witnesses become harder to locate, and important deadlines may apply long before you are ready to think about a lawsuit.
If you are experiencing continuing symptoms after a collision, our article about car accident symptoms you should never ignore explains why some injuries become more noticeable after the initial shock of the crash wears off.
Do You Have a Car Accident Injury Claim?
Not every collision creates a personal injury claim. Generally, a successful negligence claim requires evidence that another person failed to use reasonable care, that the failure contributed to the collision, and that the crash caused injuries or other compensable losses.
For example, another driver may be responsible after running a red light, following too closely, speeding for the conditions, driving while distracted, making an unsafe lane change, failing to yield, or operating a vehicle while impaired.
Liability can become more complicated when several vehicles are involved, the drivers disagree about what happened, a commercial vehicle caused the crash, road conditions contributed to the collision, or an insurance company argues that the injured person shares some responsibility.
Perez Law Group’s Glendale personal injury lawyers can examine the evidence instead of relying solely on what either driver says happened.
Car Accident Cases We Handle in Glendale
Car accident claims can arise from rear-end collisions, T-bone crashes, unsafe left turns, head-on collisions, multi-vehicle accidents, hit-and-run crashes, distracted driving, impaired driving, rideshare accidents, and collisions involving commercial vehicles. The legal issues can differ depending on how the crash occurred, how many vehicles were involved, and what insurance coverage is available.
A rear-end collision may involve questions about following distance or distracted driving, while an intersection crash may require analysis of traffic signals, right-of-way rules, witness accounts, or video. Multi-vehicle and commercial-vehicle collisions can involve several insurers and potentially more than one responsible party.
Glendale Car Accidents Can Cause Injuries That Are Not Immediately Obvious
Some collision injuries are apparent at the scene. Others may become more noticeable over the following hours or days as adrenaline wears off, inflammation increases, or a person returns to normal activity.
Neck and back injuries are common concerns after rear-end, side-impact, rollover, and other collisions. A person may experience whiplash, muscle and ligament injuries, disc problems, nerve irritation, radiating pain, weakness, numbness, or limitations that interfere with work and everyday activities. Learn more about serious spinal injuries from our Glendale back and spine injury lawyers.
Head injuries can also occur even when the person’s head never directly strikes part of the vehicle. Concussions and traumatic brain injuries may involve headaches, dizziness, memory problems, concentration difficulties, sensitivity to light, sleep changes, or emotional symptoms. Perez Law Group also represents clients with serious traumatic brain injuries.
Other crash injuries may include broken bones, shoulder and knee injuries, internal injuries, nerve damage, cuts and scarring, chest injuries from seat belts or airbags, and psychological injuries such as anxiety or post-traumatic stress.
An insurance company may focus heavily on how badly the vehicle was damaged. That does not answer the medical question of whether someone was injured. Our article about serious injuries when a car has little visible damage explains why vehicle damage and human injury should not automatically be treated as the same measurement.
What Compensation Can You Recover After a Glendale Car Accident?
The purpose of a personal injury claim is to address losses caused by the collision. The appropriate damages depend on what happened and how the injuries have affected the particular person.
Compensation may include emergency treatment, hospitalization, physician visits, diagnostic testing, physical therapy, medications, surgery, rehabilitation, and medically supported future treatment. It may also address income lost while recovering, reduced future earning ability, vehicle and other property damage, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, emotional harm, and loss of enjoyment of life when supported by the facts.
Future losses are especially important in serious injury cases. Accepting a settlement based only on bills that have already arrived can be a problem when doctors expect additional treatment, injections, surgery, rehabilitation, or ongoing care. Our guide to future medical treatment after an Arizona car accident discusses why those expenses should be considered before a claim is resolved.
Lost income can also extend beyond a few missed workdays. A significant injury may affect overtime, commissions, self-employment income, benefits, advancement opportunities, or the person’s ability to return to the same occupation. Learn more about compensation for lost wages after a car accident.
The value and outcome of every case depend on its specific facts, evidence, available insurance coverage, injuries, and applicable law. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Insurance Coverage Can Be Just as Important as Proving Fault
Proving that another driver caused a crash is only one part of evaluating a claim. The available insurance coverage can significantly affect how compensation is pursued.
Arizona currently requires most vehicle liability policies issued or renewed under the applicable law to carry at least $25,000 in bodily injury coverage for one person, $50,000 for two or more people injured in one crash, and $15,000 for property damage.
Those limits can be exhausted quickly when a collision causes surgery, hospitalization, multiple injuries, or harm to several people.
That is why an attorney should investigate more than the other driver’s basic policy. Depending on the circumstances, other possible sources may include additional liability policies, employer or commercial coverage, and the injured person’s own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage.
Arizona law requires automobile insurers to make uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage available and offer it to policyholders, although a policyholder may reject that coverage.
If the person who caused your crash had no insurance or not enough insurance to cover your injuries, do not assume there is automatically no other source of recovery. The policies and facts should be reviewed first.
How a Glendale Car Accident Attorney Builds a Claim
A strong car accident case is built from evidence, not slogans.
Perez Law Group may obtain and review police reports, crash photographs, video, witness statements, vehicle information, insurance policies, repair records, medical records, diagnostic imaging, employment records, and other evidence relevant to the collision.
In disputed cases, additional investigation may be necessary. Surveillance footage can disappear. Electronic vehicle data can be overwritten. Witness memories fade. Vehicles may be repaired or destroyed. When appropriate, preservation efforts can begin before important evidence is lost.
The medical side of the case also matters. For example, an MRI may identify a disc herniation, nerve compression, ligament injury, or another condition that was not visible on an X-ray. But the scan does not automatically establish when the condition occurred or what caused it. Our guide to MRI evidence in a car accident injury claim explains why the entire medical timeline matters.
Our job is to connect the evidence: what happened in the collision, why another party is legally responsible, what injuries resulted, how those injuries were treated, and how the crash changed the client’s financial and personal life.
What If the Insurance Company Says You Were Partly at Fault?
Do not assume that sharing some responsibility automatically prevents you from bringing a claim.
Under Arizona’s comparative negligence statute, a claimant’s damages can be reduced according to the percentage of fault attributed to that person rather than automatically eliminating the claim.
Suppose a jury determined that a person’s total proven damages were $100,000 but also determined that the person was 20% responsible for the collision. Under the comparative-fault rule, the damages could generally be reduced by that percentage.
Because fault directly affects potential recovery, insurers have an incentive to argue that an injured person contributed to the collision. Statements, photographs, vehicle damage, witness testimony, traffic laws, video, and other evidence may become important when those allegations are disputed.
How Long Do You Have to File a Car Accident Lawsuit in Arizona?
Arizona law generally provides a two-year limitation period for personal injury actions. That does not mean every injured person should wait two years before talking to a lawyer.
Some claims have much shorter deadlines.
For example, when a claim is brought against an Arizona public entity or public employee, Arizona law generally requires a formal Notice of Claim within 180 days after the claim accrues, and actions against public entities or public employees are generally subject to a one-year limitation period.
These rules could become important in a crash involving a government vehicle, public employee, or potentially a dangerous condition for which a public entity may be responsible.
Exceptions and other rules may also affect a particular deadline. An attorney should determine the actual deadline based on the facts instead of assuming the normal two-year period always applies.
Car Accidents Are a Serious Problem in Glendale
Glendale’s combination of major arterial roads, freeways, entertainment destinations, residential neighborhoods, shopping areas, and commuter traffic creates many different collision environments.
Drivers travel through corridors such as Glendale Avenue, Bell Road, Northern Avenue, Camelback Road, 59th Avenue, Grand Avenue, and Loop 101. Traffic can change dramatically around Westgate Entertainment District and State Farm Stadium during sporting events, concerts, and other large gatherings.
According to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s 2024 Arizona Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report, 5,218 crashes were reported in Glendale during 2024. Those included 1,456 injury crashes and 27 fatal crashes, with 2,064 people reported injured and 29 killed. ADOT also identified 224 alcohol-related Glendale crashes that year.
The newest statewide information also shows that traffic crashes remain a serious issue across Arizona. ADOT reported 118,052 crashes and 1,156 traffic fatalities statewide in 2025.
These statistics are not included merely to add a Glendale keyword to the page. They show why collision claims are a recurring issue for families throughout the West Valley.
Why Choose Perez Law Group After a Glendale Car Accident?
Perez Law Group is not simply advertising to Glendale from somewhere else in Arizona. The firm is located at 7508 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85301, and represents injured people throughout the West Valley and across the state.
Founding partner Cristina Perez Hesano is an Arizona trial attorney whose practice includes personal injury, automobile accidents, traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death matters. Perez Law Group’s selected personal injury case results include significant recoveries in motor vehicle and other serious injury cases, although every case is different and previous results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Clients also receive the benefit of a team that can examine both the immediate claim and the issues that may affect what the injured person ultimately keeps. For example, medical provider liens and reimbursement claims may affect how an eventual settlement is distributed. Our recent guide explains how medical liens can affect an Arizona car accident settlement.
Perez Law Group offers representation in English and Spanish. When the firm accepts a personal injury matter on a contingency-fee basis, there are no attorney fees unless compensation is recovered, subject to the terms of the written fee agreement.
What Happens After You Contact Perez Law Group?
Free Consultation
Your first conversation is an opportunity to explain what happened and ask questions. We may discuss the collision, your injuries, medical treatment, insurance communications, vehicle damage, missed work, available evidence, and any approaching deadlines.
Case Review
If additional review is appropriate, the legal team can examine the available records, identify potentially responsible parties and insurance policies, and determine what additional evidence may be necessary.
Investigation
If Perez Law Group accepts the case and you decide to hire the firm, we can take over appropriate communications with insurers, investigate the accident, organize the medical and financial evidence, evaluate settlement proposals, and prepare the matter for litigation when necessary.
Claim or Litigation
The goal is to give you enough information to make informed decisions instead of forcing you to react to whatever an insurance adjuster tells you next.
Frequently Asked Questions About Glendale Car Accident Claims
You should be cautious about giving a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company before understanding why it is being requested and how the information may be used.
An adjuster may ask questions about speed, distance, prior medical problems, how you feel, or exactly how the collision happened at a time when you do not yet have the police report or understand your diagnosis. Speaking accurately is important, but you do not need to guess. Consider obtaining legal advice before providing an unnecessary recorded statement.
Delayed symptoms are possible after a collision. Adrenaline, inflammation, and the nature of certain injuries may cause symptoms to become more noticeable later.
Do not exaggerate your symptoms, but do not ignore new or worsening symptoms either. Seek appropriate medical advice and explain accurately when each problem began. The timing and consistency of the medical history can later become important if an insurer disputes whether the collision caused the condition.
There is no legitimate calculator that can determine the value of every car accident case from a few pieces of information.
Evaluation may depend on the type and severity of the injuries, length of treatment, future medical needs, lost income, reduced earning capacity, pain and limitations, permanence of the condition, strength of the liability evidence, comparative fault, available insurance coverage, liens, and other facts.
An attorney should evaluate the evidence before giving you a meaningful assessment.
First, confirm whether the driver truly was uninsured and whether another liability policy might apply.
Your own policy should also be reviewed for uninsured motorist coverage. If the at-fault driver’s policy exists but is too small to cover the damages, underinsured motorist coverage may become relevant instead.
The important point is not to assume that one driver’s lack of sufficient coverage ends the investigation.
A previous medical condition does not automatically prevent someone from bringing an injury claim when a new collision aggravates the condition.
The key questions may include what symptoms and limitations existed before the accident, what changed afterward, what the medical records show, and whether healthcare providers can connect the change to the collision. Our guide to car accidents that aggravate pre-existing conditions explains the issue in more detail.
Many car accident claims resolve without trial, but settlement is not automatic.
A case may require litigation when liability is disputed, an insurer challenges the cause or severity of the injuries, the available compensation is contested, or the parties simply cannot agree on a reasonable resolution.
Preparing the evidence thoroughly gives the attorney more meaningful options whether the case eventually settles or proceeds through litigation.
Perez Law Group handles accepted personal injury matters on a contingency-fee basis. That means there are no upfront attorney fees, and attorney fees are paid from the recovery if the firm successfully obtains compensation for you. The written fee agreement explains the exact percentage, case costs, and other terms before representation begins.
A free consultation also gives you an opportunity to ask about fees before deciding whether hiring an attorney makes sense for your situation.
Speak With a Glendale Car Accident Attorney
A car accident can affect your health, employment, finances, transportation, family responsibilities, and daily routine long after the vehicles have been removed from the road.
You do not have to determine fault, decipher insurance policies, calculate future losses, respond to adjusters, and evaluate a settlement offer without knowing your legal options.
Perez Law Group, PLLC can review what happened, investigate the available evidence and insurance coverage, explain the Arizona laws that may affect your claim, and help you determine the appropriate next step.
Our office is located in Glendale and serves injured people throughout the West Valley and communities across Arizona.
Perez Law Group, PLLC
7508 N. 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85301
Call (602) 730-7100 to request a free consultation.
An early offer may not account for future medical treatment, lost income, or the full impact of your injuries. Speak with a Glendale car accident attorney before signing away your right to pursue additional compensation.
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