--- title: "San Marino Personal Injury Attorney | Call Jacob" canonical: "https://www.calljacob.com/areas-we-serve/san-marino-personal-injury-attorney/" description: "Hurt in San Marino? From the 2019 Huntington Drive street-racing death to visitors at The Huntington, see who is at risk and your deadlines. Free consultation." --- # San Marino Personal Injury Attorney Los Angeles County On July 4, 2019, two cars allegedly racing westbound on Huntington Drive lost control in San Marino; one cut across every lane, spun and skidded over the median, killing a man who was out jogging with his dog ([ABC7](https://abc7.com/jogger-dog-killed-after-alleged-street-racer-loses-control-in-san-marino-/5379049/)). That crash stands out against a quieter record. For a city of about 11,964 people ([Census Bureau](https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv)), San Marino’s 2023 state figures sit near the middle of its peer group or better, and the data is thin enough that a San Marino personal injury attorney has to be careful not to read too much into it. This page stays with what the records show about who is hurt here: people driving the wide arterials, people walking and running beside them, visitors to The Huntington, and the families left after a fatal crash. ## How San Marino’s streets compared in 2023 OTS tallied **41 people** hurt or killed on local streets in 2023, which put San Marino 45th in Group E’s list of 103 cities, with a composite ranking of 65th, counting from the worst ([OTS 2023](https://www.ots.ca.gov/media-and-research/crash-rankings-results/?wpv-wpcf-year=2023&wpv-wpcf-city_county=San%20Marino)). Category San Marino Place among 103 Speed-related injury crashes 6 39th Late-night injury crashes 4 40th Hit-and-run injury crashes 1 74th Alcohol-involved victims 1 82nd Pedestrians 0 95th Cyclists 0 94th Motorcyclists 0 101st Speed and the 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. window are the two categories where San Marino ranks highest, and even those are mid-pack. The three zeros are real: no one on foot, on a bicycle or on a motorcycle appears among the city’s 2023 victims. One clean year does not make a street safe, as the 2019 death shows, so we treat the table as a description of 2023 rather than a forecast. ## Drivers on Huntington Drive City Hall and the Centennial Clock face Huntington Drive at San Marino Avenue, and the 2019 crash shows what the road’s width allows: the racing car crossed every lane and the median before it reached the jogger. California makes a speed contest on a public road a crime ([Vehicle Code §23109](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=23109)), and in a civil claim, racing changes the list of defendants. When two cars are racing, the injured person may be able to pursue both drivers, including the one whose car never touched anyone, on the theory that both took part in the conduct that caused the harm. Proving a race usually takes more than the report itself: 1. Doorbell and security video from homes and businesses along the route 2. Witnesses who saw the two cars together before the crash 3. The cars’ own recorded speed and throttle position **Tip:** Parents can be part of the case, too. When a racer is 16 or 17, the parent or guardian who signed the license paperwork answers for that teen’s negligent driving up to the amounts the statute sets ([Vehicle Code §17707](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=17707)). **Watch out:** In a racing crash, ask the San Marino police early whether both drivers were identified. The second car’s insurance can matter as much as the first. ## Joggers, walkers and Lacy Park Lacy Park, 30 acres in the middle of the city, draws walkers and runners ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino,_California)), and the 2019 victim was running beside Huntington Drive. Although the 2023 table shows no injured pedestrians, a pedestrian case here turns on the same two questions as anywhere: how fast the driver was going, and where the person on foot was. Someone crossing outside a crosswalk is not barred from recovery; a jury would cut the award by that person’s share and award the rest ([CACI 405](https://www.justia.com/trials-litigation/docs/caci/400/405/)), and our [pedestrian accident](https://www.calljacob.com/personal-injury/pedestrian-accidents/) page covers how speed and sightlines are proven. ## Visitors to The Huntington The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens is a regional draw for visitors ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino,_California)). A visitor’s injury usually falls into one of two kinds of claim: - A crash on the way in or out, which is handled exactly as a resident’s would be, under California law - An injury on the property itself, such as a fall on a broken walkway, which falls under [premises liability](https://www.calljacob.com/personal-injury/premises-liability/) and asks what the owner knew about the hazard and when ## Wrongful death and the family’s claims California lets a limited group of relatives, chiefly a spouse, children and certain dependents, bring a [wrongful death](https://www.calljacob.com/personal-injury/wrongful-death-attorney/) action. The case usually has two strands: - The family’s own losses: support, care and companionship - The estate’s claim for what the person suffered before death When a pet is killed in the same crash, as in 2019, California law generally classifies the animal as property, so that loss is pursued as part of the property claim. ## Who investigates and where cases go San Marino keeps its own city police department, so the officers who arrive and the report that follows belong to the **San Marino Police Department** ([City of San Marino](https://www.cityofsanmarino.org/government/departments/police/index.php)). Paramedics decide where a badly hurt person goes; two possibilities on the state roster are Huntington Memorial in neighboring Pasadena (Level II) and LA General (Level I) ([EMSA](https://emsa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2025/08/California-Designated-ACS-Verified-Trauma-Centers-8.22.25.pdf)). ### Choosing the court district A San Marino crash goes to whichever Superior Court district covers that address, under the court’s May 2024 general order ([LASC order](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-119-GeneralOrderReAssignmentandTransferofPersonalInjuryCases%28EffectiveMay17%2C2024%29.pdf)). San Marino does not appear by name in the county’s published lists for the nearby Pasadena and Alhambra courthouses, so for a San Marino crash we look up the district for the exact address in the court’s [filing locator](https://www.lacourt.org/filinglocatornet/ui/filingsearch.aspx?CT=CI) rather than guess. ### Six months or two years The time limits are the familiar ones: two years for a lawsuit against a private driver ([CCP §335.1](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=335.1)), and six months to present a written claim if the City of San Marino, through one of its vehicles or a dangerous street condition, played a part ([Gov. Code §911.2](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=911.2)). ## Questions from San Marino ### The other driver claims I was speeding on Huntington Drive. Is my case over? No. A speeding finding becomes a percentage of fault, and your award shrinks by that percentage; the remainder is still yours. ### I flew in to visit The Huntington and was hurt. Do I need to stay in California for the case? No. The claim stays here because the crash happened here, but you can recover at home while records, negotiations and most meetings happen by phone and video. ### Which office has my San Marino collision report? The department that responded keeps it. In San Marino that is the city’s police department, which will want the date, the place and the number from the officer’s card. ### What changes if a San Marino city vehicle hit me? Yes. A claim involving a San Marino city vehicle starts with a written claim to the city, due six months after the crash, well ahead of the two-year lawsuit date. ## Our representation in San Marino Call Jacob represents people hurt in San Marino, whether they live on its large residential lots, came to see The Huntington or Lacy Park, or were driving Huntington Drive to work. On a San Marino case we request the San Marino Police Department report, ask homeowners and businesses along the route to preserve video, and, when racing is suspected, work to identify and pursue every driver involved. As a San Marino car accident attorney, our firm takes [car accident](https://www.calljacob.com/personal-injury/car-accidents/) and auto accident claims from Huntington Drive and the city’s other streets; the firm’s San Marino cases also include joggers and pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, rideshare passengers, falls on unsafe property and wrongful death. You can have your San Marino crash reviewed at no cost, and if we take it, we are paid only from a recovery. Phone **(888) 952-2952**, or type the details into the [case evaluator](https://www.calljacob.com/case-evaluator/), to have an attorney look at what happened on Huntington Drive or elsewhere in the city. _Not legal advice. San Marino’s figures are small, and how California’s rules apply to you depends on the details of your own crash._ ## Sources 1. [Jogger and dog killed after alleged street race](https://abc7.com/jogger-dog-killed-after-alleged-street-racer-loses-control-in-san-marino-/5379049/) — ABC7 2. [San Marino’s 11,964 estimate](https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv) — Census Bureau 3. [San Marino, OTS 2023](https://www.ots.ca.gov/media-and-research/crash-rankings-results/?wpv-wpcf-year=2023&wpv-wpcf-city_county=San%20Marino) — OTS 4. [Speed contest statute](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=23109) — Legislature 5. [Liability of the license signer](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=17707) — Legislature 6. [Lacy Park and The Huntington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino,_California) — Wikipedia 7. [CACI 405](https://www.justia.com/trials-litigation/docs/caci/400/405/) — Justia 8. [San Marino Police Department](https://www.cityofsanmarino.org/government/departments/police/index.php) — City of San Marino 9. [ACS-verified list, 8.22.25 edition](https://emsa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2025/08/California-Designated-ACS-Verified-Trauma-Centers-8.22.25.pdf) — EMSA 10. [Order 2024-GEN-003-00](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-119-GeneralOrderReAssignmentandTransferofPersonalInjuryCases%28EffectiveMay17%2C2024%29.pdf) — LASC 11. 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