Personal injury attorneys in Little Italy, San Diego.

We picked Little Italy for a reason.

Our Little Italy office is at 1350 Columbia St., Suite 303, San Diego, CA 92101. A short walk from Lindbergh Field (SAN), the cruise port at the Embarcadero, and the Downtown courthouse cluster on West Broadway. Little Italy sits between Interstate 5, Harbor Drive, and the Pacific Highway corridor — three of the busiest streets in San Diego for pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, and commercial trucks heading to the port.

Daryoosh Khashayar has tried cases before juries, before judges, and before the California Court of Appeal. At the appellate level he has secured multiple reversals of Superior Court rulings for clients.

Little Italy and the surrounding neighborhoods — Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, the Marina District, the Embarcadero — produce a steady stream of serious-injury cases. Pedestrian and scooter crashes along India Street, Kettner Boulevard, and Pacific Highway. Rideshare collisions running between Little Italy and the Gaslamp. Commercial vehicles connecting to the I-5 ramps at Hawthorn and Sassafras. Construction and sidewalk falls in a neighborhood that has seen years of development.

Each of these cases runs on a specific piece of California law. We work in that detail every day from the Columbia Street office.

Personal injury practice areas.

Every practice page below is anchored in the specific California statute that governs the claim. Click through to see how each one works.

What our work has looked like.

Some results below are public verdicts or judgments supported by court records, verdict reporting, news coverage, or other public materials. Others are firm-reported settlements, which may not have public case numbers because settlement terms are often confidential. Past results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes. Every case depends on its facts, evidence, defendants, insurance coverage, venue, applicable law, and litigation strategy.

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Where Little Italy cases happen, and where they end up.

Freeways and roads near the Little Italy office

• I-5 (San Diego Freeway). Adjacent to Little Italy. Common rear-end and merging crash zones at the Hawthorn Street, Sassafras Street, and Front Street ramps.
• Pacific Highway. Runs the full length of Little Italy on its west edge. Heavy mixed pedestrian, cyclist, scooter, and commercial-truck traffic, especially near the airport rental-car drop-off and the cruise terminal.
• Harbor Drive. Waterfront artery. Frequent pedestrian and cyclist incidents during cruise-ship turnarounds and major events at the Convention Center and Petco Park.
• India Street, Kettner Boulevard, and Beech Street. The Little Italy grid. Pedestrian density is highest during dinner hours, the Little Italy Mercato on Saturdays, and Padres home stands.
• Laurel Street & Sassafras Street ramps. The Little Italy on-ramps to I-5. Merging-zone crash points.

Courts that hear Little Italy personal injury cases

• San Diego County Superior Court, Central Division (Hall of Justice). 330 W Broadway. About 10 blocks south of the Little Italy office. Civil cases including personal injury and wrongful death.
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse). 221 W Broadway. Federal diversity cases and FMCSA-regulated commercial trucking matters.
• California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One. 750 B Street. Daryoosh has secured multiple reversals here on behalf of clients.

Hospitals that treat Little Italy accident victims

• UC San Diego Medical Center — Hillcrest (200 W Arbor Drive). Level I Trauma Center, about 2 miles from the Little Italy office.
• Scripps Mercy Hospital (4077 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest). Trauma facility and a primary admission point for many Little Italy and Downtown crashes.
• Sharp Memorial Hospital (7901 Frost Street, Kearny Mesa). Major trauma facility for transferred cases.

The California statutes that govern our work.

Most personal injury cases in California come down to a small set of statutes. Knowing which one applies, and when, is the difference between a case that goes the distance and one that doesn’t.

• Cal. Code of Civil Procedure §335.1. Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims. Miss it and the claim is gone.
• Cal. Civil Code §1714. Pure comparative negligence. A plaintiff can recover even if partially at fault; recovery is reduced by the percentage of fault, not eliminated.
• Cal. Civil Code §3294. Punitive damages, available for oppression, fraud, or malice, including drunk-driving and intentional-harm cases.
• Cal. Government Code §911.2. Six-month written government claim deadline when a public entity, the State, or a public employee contributed to the injury. The most commonly missed deadline in California practice.
• Cal. Government Code §835. Public entity liability for dangerous conditions of public property (sidewalks, roads, signage, lighting).
• Cal. CCP §§377.60 and 377.34. Wrongful death plaintiffs and survival actions.
• Cal. Vehicle Code §21453 (red lights), §21801 (failure to yield), §27803 (helmets), §21950 (pedestrian right of way).
• Cal. Public Utilities Code §§5430–5443.5. The Uber and Lyft (TNC) insurance phases.
• 49 CFR §395. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of-service rules for commercial truck drivers.

Daryoosh Khashayar, founder and managing partner.

Daryoosh is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only organization of experienced trial lawyers and judges. ABOTA membership requirements include substantial civil jury-trial experience — including, at the Member level, at least seven civil jury trials to verdict or hung jury as lead counsel — along with local chapter approval. ABOTA membership is one signal of trial experience; prospective clients should still ask any attorney about recent cases, staffing, communication, fees, and who will personally handle the matter.

Daryoosh has tried cases before juries, before judges, and before the California Court of Appeal. At the appellate level he has secured multiple reversals of Superior Court rulings on behalf of clients.

He has litigated against major insurers including GEICO and Progressive, and against large national corporations including Walmart and Costco. Serious injury cases are often stronger when they are prepared for litigation from the beginning. Trial experience can affect how insurers evaluate risk, especially when liability, causation, damages, or insurance coverage are disputed. Khashayar Law Group prepares serious cases with litigation in mind while continuing to evaluate settlement opportunities when they serve the client’s interests.

Frequently asked questions.