Kubota & Craig represents injured people in Tustin, California — from The District at Tustin Legacy and Old Town Tustin to the neighborhoods along the 5 and the 55. Our office is a few minutes away in neighboring Irvine, and founding partners Yoshiaki Kubota and Cynthia A. Craig personally handle every Tustin matter the firm accepts, from motor-vehicle collisions to premises-liability and wrongful-death claims.
Where Personal Injuries Happen in Tustin
Tustin borders Irvine and shares its freeway network. Interstate 5 (the Santa Ana Freeway) runs through the city, State Route 55 (the Costa Mesa Freeway) forms the western edge, and the 261 Toll Road connects the north. The California Highway Patrol handles collisions on all of them, and serious car, truck, and motorcycle collisions on them are matters our firm handles. Arterials such as Newport Avenue, Jamboree Road, Irvine Boulevard, and Red Hill Avenue carry local traffic and the pedestrian and rideshare collisions we handle.
Premises-liability injuries in Tustin arise most often at The District at Tustin Legacy, the Tustin Marketplace, and the retail corridors along Newport and El Camino Real, producing slip and fall and parking-structure injuries. Residential neighborhoods produce dog bite claims, and the Tustin Legacy redevelopment and other commercial construction produce construction injuries. The most serious collisions and falls result in traumatic brain injury, wrongful death, and other catastrophic injury claims.
How Kubota & Craig Serves Tustin
Kubota & Craig represents injured Tustin residents from our office at 16530 Bake Parkway, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618 — a few minutes from Tustin via Interstate 5. We are an Irvine personal-injury firm that serves neighboring Tustin, and we say so plainly. Founding partners Yoshiaki Kubota (California State Bar #175555) and Cynthia A. Craig (California State Bar #226318) personally handle every matter the firm accepts. Initial consultations are free, available in English and Spanish, and the firm works on a contingency basis — no fee unless the case results in a recovery. When an injury makes travel impractical, we come to you, including at the hospitals serving the Tustin area.
Driving Directions to Kubota & Craig from Tustin, California
Our office is at 16530 Bake Parkway, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618, reachable from the Bake Parkway exit off both I-5 and I-405. High-level routes from around Tustin:
- From The District at Tustin Legacy: take Jamboree Road to I-5 south toward Irvine and exit at Bake Parkway.
- From Old Town Tustin: take Newport Avenue to I-5 south and exit at Bake Parkway.
Filing a Personal Injury Claim Arising in Tustin
Personal injury cases arising in Tustin are filed in the Orange County Superior Court. Most injury cases are unlimited civil matters, filed and heard at the Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, in Santa Ana; only cases designated as complex litigation are handled at the Civil Complex Center (751 W. Santa Ana Boulevard). Venue follows where the injury happened, not where you live.
Three deadlines matter most:
- Two years from the date of injury — CCP § 335.1 (most injury claims).
- Three years for property damage — CCP § 338 (runs independently).
- Six months to file an administrative claim if the City of Tustin, the County of Orange, OCTA, Caltrans, or any other government entity is a potential defendant — Government Code § 911.2. Sidewalk defects, dangerous road design, signal failures, and government-owned vehicles fall here, and missing the deadline ordinarily extinguishes the claim.
If a government entity may be involved in your Tustin case, ask us early rather than late.
Frequently Asked Questions — Personal Injury in Tustin
I was injured near the Tustin–Irvine city line. Does it matter which city it was in?
Not for the legal claim. California’s two-year injury statute of limitations applies statewide, and both cities are in Orange County, so the case files in Orange County Superior Court either way. What can matter is which police agency wrote the report and whether a specific city’s government is a potential defendant — the report fixes the location, and we work from it.
I was hurt on a public sidewalk or road in Tustin. Can I sue the city?
Possibly, but the deadline is short — a written administrative claim to the City of Tustin within six months of the injury under Government Code § 911.2, with the lawsuit following within six months of any rejection. If a sidewalk, road, or signal condition may have contributed, consult an attorney immediately.
I was injured at The District at Tustin Legacy. Whom do I sue?
Often more than one party — the individual retailer or restaurant, the property-management company, contracted vendors, and the property owner can each be involved under California premises-liability law. The right defendants depend on the incident report and the property contracts, which we investigate routinely.
I just want to know what my case is worth. Can you give me a number?
Not honestly, without first reviewing your case. Value depends on your injuries, medical bills, lost income, available insurance, and the strength of the liability evidence. We give you a realistic range after reviewing the police report, medical records, and policy limits. The assessment is free.
Other Locations We Serve
Nearby: Irvine, Santa Ana, Orange. See full coverage on the Orange County, CA page.
To discuss a personal injury or wrongful death matter that arose in Tustin, call (949) 218-5676 or use our contact form. Consultations are free, available in English and Spanish, and the firm works on a contingency basis — no fee unless we recover for you.
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