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Costa Mesa Personal Injury Lawyer

Hurt in traffic near South Coast Plaza, on the I-405/SR-55 interchange, or anywhere else in Costa Mesa? Ron Chini represents injury victims from his nearby Irvine office. No fee unless we win.

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Costa Mesa is one of the most heavily trafficked square miles in Orange County. South Coast Plaza alone draws millions of shoppers a year, Segerstrom Center for the Arts and the OC Fair & Event Center add their own event traffic, and it all funnels through the I-405/SR-55 interchange and the surface streets around Bristol and Harbor. Whether you were hurt in a parking structure, on Bristol Street, or on the freeway itself, this page covers the essentials: where a Costa Mesa injury case is filed, where the worst injuries are treated, and a few things unique to this stretch of coastal Orange County.

Costa Mesa — court & trauma-center details

Courthouse
Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana
Distance from Costa Mesa
Approximately 8 miles
Ron's office
2102 Business Center Drive, Irvine
Trauma center
UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange — approximately 9 miles from Costa Mesa

Why Costa Mesa's cases matter locally

A retail corridor the size of South Coast Plaza doesn't just create shopping traffic — it creates event traffic from Segerstrom Center for the Arts, fairground traffic from the OC Fair & Event Center, and constant merging at the I-405/SR-55 interchange that serves all of it. Parking structures, valet lanes, and crosswalks packed with shoppers add a premises-liability dimension that a lot of Orange County cities simply don't have at this scale, and it shows up in the range of Costa Mesa claims we see.

Why work with Ron Chini in Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa claims often run into well-resourced insurers — mall management companies, national retailers, and drivers carrying substantial policies — and that's exactly the kind of matchup where having an attorney who answers his own phone helps. Ron Chini has spent his career in Orange County courtrooms since 2009; the personal-injury docket is new, but the instinct to push back on a lowball offer instead of accepting the first number isn't. There's no fee unless he wins your case, and no corporate layer between you and the person actually working your file.

Costa Mesa personal injury FAQ

How far is Costa Mesa from the courthouse where my case would be filed?
The Central Justice Center in Santa Ana is approximately 8 miles from Costa Mesa.
I was hurt in a parking structure at South Coast Plaza — is that a personal injury case?
It can be, if the property owner's negligence — poor lighting, an unmarked hazard, inadequate security — contributed to what happened. Mall parking structures generate their own category of premises-liability claims worth having reviewed.
Where would I be taken for a serious injury near Costa Mesa?
For a serious injury, the closest Level I trauma center is UCI Medical Center in Orange — about 9 miles from Costa Mesa, and the only facility in the county rated for adult Level I care.
What if I was partly at fault for the accident?
California follows pure comparative negligence, so you can still recover damages even if you were partly responsible — your share of fault reduces the award rather than eliminating it entirely.

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Ron Chini, Esq.
Ron Chini, Esq.
Personal Injury Attorney · CA State Bar No. 263308

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