How to File an Accident Claim against the City of Simi Valley

If you have been assaulted by a city employee of the City of Simi Valley, you need to give our office a call. If a person is sexually assaulted in the City of Simi Valley, that action may include:

• Non-consensual touching or caressing by a city employee
• Fondling by a city employee
• Sexual assault by a city employee

A city employee of the City of Simi Valley does not have the right to put hands on you, touch you or otherwise sexually assault you at any time, while you are within the city limits and boundaries. If you have been accosted by a city employee in the City of Simi Valley, you need to call us right away to discuss initiating a lawsuit on your behalf.

We are here for you to explain the next steps, and we want you to recover quickly from your injuries knowing your lawsuit is getting tightened down to get the money you deserve in this case. If you have been injured in the City of Simi Valley, you are able to recover compensation and get a settlement for your personal injury. You can file a claim with city of Simi Valley by filling out a City of Simi Valley Injury Claim Form. When you call our office, you can speak to a lawyer who can sue the City of Simi Valley on your behalf, and help you to file the correct forms.

What Are the Steps to Filing a Claim Against a City in California?

If you are injured by someone who works as an employee with a city agency in California, or are making a claim against a government agency from a personal injury on city property, you need to file the proper paperwork to initiate your claim. You will first receive the agency Claim for Damages form, and fill it out. Then, you have to submit this form by certified mail, return receipt request to ensure proof of delivery to the appropriate agency, within 6 months of the date of your accident that incurred personal injuries.

Next you will get a letter from the agency advising that the claim was approved for payment of your expenses or denied. In the event the claim was approved, you will be paid and the case will be settled. If the claim is denied by the city agency, you need to go to small claims court within 6 months of the time you were denied your claim. If the agency refuses to reply to your claim in 45 days, it is effectively denied, and you can go to court within 2 years of the date of your claim.

In Small Claims Court, you need to file an SC-100 Plaintiff’s Claim form, pay the filing fee, show your denial letter and proof of mailing. You’ll be given a court date to appear for the case, and you will want the most experienced attorneys possible on your side at that point. This is why you need to call our office immediately, if you are injured in an accident on city grounds, from a city employee, or as a result of the negligence of a city worker or agency.

When you call our law office, you will be connected with an attorney who is familiar with the City of Simi Valley claims department for filing an injury report. We will help you to file an injury report with the City of Simi Valley.

Attorneys Specializing in City of Simi Valley Injury Claim Lawsuits

It is up to you to call an attorney with expertise in lawsuits against the City of Simi Valley. We offer you attorneys who specialize in this type of claim. We will get you the money you deserve in this situation, when you call our office to work with a lawyer who can sue the City of Simi Valley for an accident involving:

• City of Simi Valley police shooting accidents
• Hit by City of Simi Valley work truck in an accident
• City of Simi Valley trip and fall accidents due to raised or defective sidewalks
• City of Simi Valley broken sidewalk slip and fall accident claim
• Sexual assault by City of Simi Valley employee
• Assault and battery by a City of Simi Valley employee
• Hit by a City of Simi Valley vehicle
• City of Simi Valley van accident
• Tree collapse accidents in City of Simi Valley

Many people are injured in the City of Simi Valley as a pedestrian. While a person waits to cross a street or a designated walkway, people have been hit or injured by the City of Simi Valley vans, trucks or other official city vehicles. The driver of a vehicle for the City of Simi Valley needs to be extra vigilant to avoid hitting, running over or hurting people walking within the city limits performing business or seeing the sites in that region. If a City of Simi Valley employee hits a pedestrian who was:

• Crossing a roadway on a bicycle
• Hit by a city vehicle backing up negligently
• Hit by a city vehicle making a turn negligently
• Hit by a city vehicle while crossing a roadway legally

The pedestrians in the City of Simi Valley expect to be ablet to walk safely on the sidewalk, or to walk safely in a crosswalk area, but are often hit by employees of the City of Simi Valley. Whether the pedestrian is injured within the crosswalk, on the sidewalk, or at a non-intersection area of the City of Simi Valley, the person has the right to walk safely within the city limits of the City of Simi Valley. No one expects to walk around the City of Simi Valley and to be hit by a city vehicle while crossing the road or on the sidewalk.

Suing the City of Simi Valley for an Accident

Any time that you have questions for us, just call our office to talk to an attorney who can sue the City of Simi Valley, for any type of an accident that occurs on city property, or was perpetuated by the negligence of a city employee.