Westwood is home to UCLA with heavy student pedestrian traffic and congested streets near campus and Westwood Village. Build a focused evidence plan around the approach from Wilshire Boulevard, record owners near UCLA Campus, first treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and insurer pressure before details blur.
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For whiplash injuries in Westwood, Los Angeles, this section connects the scene near UCLA Campus, the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology, and official-process questions associated with Van Nuys Courthouse. It also shows sources and bar-verified attorney profiles, but it does not replace investigation, diagnosis, or individualized legal advice; document the coverage position against the policy document to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
How to use this evidence guide
Official local record brief
Los Angeles Department of Transportation publishes citywide collision landscape and safety profiles; here it is connected with Westwood Boulevard near UCLA Campus, and the visible limit controls what may be concluded.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The LADOT study documents its collision-data sources and analyzes killed-or-severely-injured, injury, mode, violation, hit-and-run, lighting, and time-of-day patterns. On this page, the record helps separate Westwood, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology; cross-check the public record against its source limitation to keep the chronology auditable.
When to use it
Use this study to understand the source years, mode categories, reporting changes, and limitations behind Los Angeles citywide safety statements; reconcile the treatment chronology against the provider record to test whether independent records agree.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The study is a citywide planning analysis based on defined years and data-cleaning methods. It does not prove an individual collision theory or current site condition; for this whiplash injuries page, compare the published scope with Westwood Boulevard and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles Police Department
LAPD identifies authorized requesters, online and mail access, the ordinary review period, online-release exceptions, and the report, party, vehicle, date, time, and location details needed for a request. On this page, the record helps separate Westwood, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology; verify the statement against the timestamped record to distinguish context from proof.
When to use it
Use this process after confirming LAPD took the collision report and the requester is an authorized person or representative; reconcile the evidence sequence against the retention window to identify the next custodian.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The process applies to LAPD reports and does not establish that LAPD investigated a freeway or another agency-controlled incident, that a report is releasable online, or who is legally responsible; for this whiplash injuries page, compare the published scope with Westwood Boulevard and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The department form identifies location-specific records that may be requested, including signal timing and maintenance, geometric and signal plans, sign and pavement work orders, and speed surveys. On this page, the record helps separate Westwood, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology; document the incident detail against the public source to keep the chronology auditable.
When to use it
Use this process when the facts raise a location-specific question about a Los Angeles signal, sign, pavement marking, geometry, or speed survey; review the claimed fact against the verifying document to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: A listed document may not exist or cover the relevant date, and the form warns that records staff do not interpret technical documents. The records do not by themselves prove notice, defect, fault, or damages; for this whiplash injuries page, compare the published scope with Westwood Boulevard and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology before applying it to the incident.
Los Angeles City Attorney
The City Attorney page identifies the City claim route and examples of records commonly used to support vehicle-property and personal-injury submissions, including reports, photographs, medical records, and itemized bills. On this page, the record helps separate Westwood, Los Angeles public context from incident-specific proof and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology; reconcile the timeline against independent corroboration to mark the remaining gap.
When to use it
Use this source only when incident facts suggest a City of Los Angeles vehicle, employee, property, or operation may be involved and prompt legal review is needed; map the statement against the timestamped record to test one unresolved fact.
Details used to locate the record
Limit: The page does not determine whether the City is a proper party, calculate a deadline, establish negligence or causation, value damages, or guarantee that a claim will be accepted or paid; for this whiplash injuries page, compare the published scope with Westwood Boulevard and the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology before applying it to the incident.
Local anchors and boundaries
Scene anchor
Use the direction, lane, crossing, time, and observed conditions to identify reports, cameras, and witnesses connected with Westwood Boulevard; reconcile the timeline against independent corroboration to test one unresolved fact.
Boundary: UCLA Campus is a geographic reference; it does not establish where an incident occurred or who was at fault; compare the incident chronology against its supporting source to keep the chronology auditable.
First-care record
Compare triage, imaging, referrals, restrictions, and billing from Good Samaritan Hospital with the incident chronology; compare the evidence gap against the available custodian list to test one unresolved fact.
Boundary: Naming Good Samaritan Hospital does not confirm that a person received care there or that its records prove causation; verify the scene fact against the preserved record to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Official path
Confirm the entity, legal party names, and published process before using Van Nuys Courthouse for a filing or venue question; compare the source statement against the supporting record to mark the remaining gap.
Boundary: Van Nuys Courthouse is a research reference and does not establish venue, jurisdiction, or an individual deadline; review the factual issue against the next available custodian to show what needs confirmation.
Local mobility
Check whether agency, station, vehicle, or transfer records help place the sequence near Westwood Boulevard; trace the unresolved question against the confirming record to identify the next custodian.
Boundary: LA Metro (Metro Rail & Bus) and Metrolink may identify an agency or movement record, but confirm the operator, time window, and record number before using it to describe this incident; trace the record chronology against the chain of custody to test one unresolved fact.
Visual evidence flow
For this page, start at Westwood Boulevard near UCLA Campus, compare the chronology tied to Good Samaritan Hospital, and confirm whether Los Angeles Department of Transportation controls citywide collision landscape and safety profiles; the final step checks Raffi Naljian's published license without assigning representation.
01 / Scene
Westwood Boulevard near UCLA Campus
Record the time, direction, lane, and possible camera or witness leads tied to Westwood Boulevard near UCLA Campus.
02 / Care
Good Samaritan Hospital
Compare first symptoms, triage, referrals, and restrictions in records associated with Good Samaritan Hospital.
03 / Record
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Confirm whether Los Angeles Department of Transportation controls citywide collision landscape and safety profiles before requesting it.
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Raffi Naljian
Check Raffi Naljian's published license and practice information; this path does not assign an attorney.
Decision path
Record direction, time, conditions, and the UCLA Campus reference, then identify who controls the report, video, or physical record; compare the statement against the timestamped record to check who controlled the evidence.
Order symptoms, triage, diagnosis, imaging, referrals, and restrictions by date without assuming one note resolves causation; document the scene fact against the preserved record to mark the remaining gap.
Build one chronology that separates scene proof, medical proof, insurance positions, and unresolved questions; track the Los Angeles Vision Zero Safety Study request to Los Angeles Department of Transportation as requested, received, disputed, or still awaiting primary-source confirmation; map the published profile against the official license to preserve the original sequence.
Verify parties, public-entity involvement, venue, and dates through an official source or qualified attorney before relying on a general deadline; reconcile the public record against its source limitation to keep the chronology auditable.
Investigating agency and camera custodian
On the Westwood Boulevard approach near UCLA Campus, record direction, lane, crossing, time, and lighting. If first care began at Good Samaritan Hospital, compare its intake time with dispatch, video, and movement data to identify who holds each missing record; reconcile the evidence sequence against the retention window to identify the next custodian.
Next request: For this whiplash injuries review, obtain the report number and preserve video, dispatch, photographs, and movement data before routine deletion cycles; verify the record request against the responsible custodian to keep the chronology auditable.
Medical provider and records department
For care attributed to Good Samaritan Hospital, separate triage, diagnosis, imaging, referrals, restrictions, billing, and symptom changes. The Good Samaritan Hospital chart does not prove causation by itself; it shows which dates and changes still need qualified review; document the incident detail against the public source to keep the chronology auditable.
Next request: Request the complete Good Samaritan Hospital chart and keep a dated list of missing, corrected, or later-added records; review the claimed fact against the verifying document to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Court, city, county, or public entity
For a filing or public-entity question linked to Van Nuys Courthouse, first identify who controlled the scene or key record. Confirm the official path associated with Van Nuys Courthouse before assuming the ordinary filing period resolves a possible public-claim notice; cross-check the public record against its source limitation to keep the chronology auditable.
Next request: Identify the potential defendant, then use the published court or agency path associated with Van Nuys Courthouse before waiting; trace the published profile against the official license to preserve the original sequence.
Whiplash Injuries specialist record holder
For whiplash injuries in Westwood, Los Angeles, the focused review should include scene photographs, collision report, witness contacts, vehicle damage, insurance communications, first medical notes, referrals, bills, and work restrictions. Compare that file with the first-care chronology from Good Samaritan Hospital and any venue question involving Van Nuys Courthouse; the central unresolved issue is whether the physical record, witness sequence, medical chronology, and available coverage support the same account of what happened; trace local context against incident-level proof to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Next request: Build one chronology that separates scene proof, medical proof, insurance positions, and unresolved questions for the file connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; cross-check the local signal against the source boundary to mark the remaining gap.
Local data classification
Editorial estimateHurt Advice's illustrative city model lists 55,234 crashes for Los Angeles, including 18,420 injury crashes; no neighborhood frequency is inferred from the city total.
This figure is a Hurt Advice editorial model, not an official agency extract or proof of fault, block-level frequency, or claim value.
Analysis before conclusions
Start with direction, lane, crossing, time, lighting, and the UCLA Campus reference. Then connect those details with first care from Good Samaritan Hospital and the custodian of each report, video, or record; cross-check the reported fact against the original document to preserve the original sequence.
Hurt Advice's illustrative city model lists 55,234 crashes for Los Angeles, including 18,420 injury crashes; no neighborhood frequency is inferred from the city total. This figure is a Hurt Advice editorial model, not an official agency extract or proof of fault, block-level frequency, or claim value; compare the incident detail against the public source to keep the chronology auditable.
For whiplash injuries in Westwood, Los Angeles, this page links Raffi Naljian (published focus includes personal injury, car accidents, rear end collision lawyer, head on collisions, t bone accidents, speeding accidents, distracted driving, rental car accidents; published service areas include Los Angeles); Armen Akaragian (published focus includes personal injury, car accidents; published service areas include Los Angeles) as comparison paths grounded in public profiles and license records; it does not imply assignment, availability, representation, or an outcome recommendation; review the filing question against official authority to check who controlled the evidence.
Compare the report, dispatch, photograph, or video time near UCLA Campus with the first note from Good Samaritan Hospital. A timing difference does not decide the matter, but it identifies which custodian or witness should clarify the sequence; document local context against incident-level proof to distinguish context from proof.
Confirm the legal name of each potential party, who controlled Westwood Boulevard, and whether a public entity was involved. Van Nuys Courthouse is a local reference; it does not establish venue, jurisdiction, or compliance with a notice requirement by itself; cross-check the evidence sequence against the retention window to check who controlled the evidence.
The file should connect scene photographs, collision report, witness contacts, vehicle damage, insurance communications, first medical notes, referrals, bills, and work restrictions with the Good Samaritan Hospital chronology and evidence preserved near UCLA Campus. That comparison helps evaluate whether the physical record, witness sequence, medical chronology, and available coverage support the same account of what happened without turning local context into a legal conclusion; map the statement against the timestamped record to identify the next custodian.
Los Angeles cases often require early coordination across LAPD, CHP, Metro, and city-agency records, so venue choice and public-entity notice strategy matter immediately; review the treatment chronology against the provider record to limit the conclusion to verified facts.
Serious LA claims often move from Cedars-Sinai, UCLA, or County-linked emergency care into specialty treatment spread across the basin, which makes chronology and referral tracking especially important; cross-check the claimed fact against the verifying document to tie the request to a named source.
Review should compare witnesses, camera coverage, and treatment locations with filing venues near Stanley Mosk Courthouse and Los Angeles Superior Court, especially for crashes tied to Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory and ZIP codes such as 90001, 90012, 90024; cross-check the source statement against the supporting record to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Preserve incident, camera, or business footage near Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory; Lock in EMS and intake records from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center; Track witness movement and vehicle data on corridors like I-405, I-10; Tie liability themes to local causes such as Speeding, Distracted Driving; verify the local signal against the source boundary to test one unresolved fact.
Freeway chain reactions on I-405, I-10, and US-101; Transit, bus, and public-entity deadlines; Entertainment, delivery, and rideshare traffic near major venues; document the incident detail against the public source to separate assumptions from documented facts.
Verified attorney relevance
No match guarantees assignment, representation, or results.
Primary source trail
The LADOT study documents its collision-data sources and analyzes killed-or-severely-injured, injury, mode, violation, hit-and-run, lighting, and time-of-day patterns; on this page it locates the local record connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; cross-check the incident detail against the public source to preserve the original sequence.
Limit: The study is a citywide planning analysis based on defined years and data-cleaning methods. It does not prove an individual collision theory or current site condition; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
LAPD identifies authorized requesters, online and mail access, the ordinary review period, online-release exceptions, and the report, party, vehicle, date, time, and location details needed for a request; on this page it locates the local record connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; reconcile the claimed fact against the verifying document to test whether independent records agree.
Limit: The process applies to LAPD reports and does not establish that LAPD investigated a freeway or another agency-controlled incident, that a report is releasable online, or who is legally responsible; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
The department form identifies location-specific records that may be requested, including signal timing and maintenance, geometric and signal plans, sign and pavement work orders, and speed surveys; on this page it locates the local record connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; document the evidence sequence against the retention window to distinguish context from proof.
Limit: A listed document may not exist or cover the relevant date, and the form warns that records staff do not interpret technical documents. The records do not by themselves prove notice, defect, fault, or damages; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
The City Attorney page identifies the City claim route and examples of records commonly used to support vehicle-property and personal-injury submissions, including reports, photographs, medical records, and itemized bills; on this page it locates the local record connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; reconcile the source statement against the supporting record to check who controlled the evidence.
Limit: The page does not determine whether the City is a proper party, calculate a deadline, establish negligence or causation, value damages, or guarantee that a claim will be accepted or paid; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official city and county traffic-safety context, methodology, and limitations; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; reconcile the scene fact against the preserved record to tie the request to a named source.
Limit: OTS rankings compare incorporated cities or counties and do not prove what happened at a particular scene; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official tool for locating the relevant county court and its public contact information; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; reconcile the evidence gap against the available custodian list to keep the chronology auditable.
Limit: The court finder locates courts; it does not select venue or calculate a filing deadline for an individual matter; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Primary statutory text for the general two-year personal-injury action period; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; verify the filing question against official authority to test whether independent records agree.
Limit: Exceptions, accrual rules, contract terms, public-entity claims, and other laws may change the applicable deadline; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Primary statutory text for specified claims presented to a public entity; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; compare the published profile against the official license to preserve the original sequence.
Limit: The statute does not identify whether a defendant is a public entity or whether another presentation rule applies; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Site disclosure identifying editorial estimates, public-source families, and citation boundaries; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; trace the incident detail against the public source to mark the remaining gap.
Limit: An editorial estimate is not an official agency extract and cannot prove incident-level frequency, fault, or claim value; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Official public source for checking a California attorney name, license number, and status; on this page it frames the investigation connecting Westwood Boulevard, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Van Nuys Courthouse; compare the unresolved question against the confirming record to test one unresolved fact.
Limit: A license record verifies public registration details; it does not establish case fit, availability, or likely outcome; for this whiplash injuries issue in Westwood, Los Angeles, verify the custodian, period, and geography before drawing a conclusion.
Neighborhood strategy
A Westwood whiplash injuries review should start with the approach on Wilshire Boulevard, the closest record owner near Hammer Museum, and the first treatment note from Good Samaritan Hospital. Those details help separate local proof from a broad Los Angeles overview.
A strong Westwood file turns the scene into a checklist: street proof from Wilshire Boulevard, location proof around UCLA Campus, and medical timing tied to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Use this guide to organize whiplash injuries facts around Westwood; use the broader Los Angeles guide for citywide context.
Campus and shuttle activity should be checked alongside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center so the medical timeline stays connected to the scene.
When the scene overlaps nearby areas, compare witness access, provider timing, and roadway proof before relying on citywide context alone.
Local context in Westwood
Westwood is home to UCLA with heavy student pedestrian traffic and congested streets near campus and Westwood Village.
Citywide crash context for Los Angeles: about 54,000+ reported collisions a year, 42,000+ with injuries and 300+ fatal (citywide totals, not neighborhood-level).
Major routes serving Los Angeles: I-405, I-10, I-110, US-101, I-5.
Attorney review preparation
These steps organize the local claim around visible records, practical questions, and verified attorney information.
Step 1
Identify the closest street, intersection, business, landmark, or camera lead near Wilshire Boulevard.
Step 2
Match the first symptoms with treatment records from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center or another provider.
Step 3
Save claim numbers, adjuster messages, recorded-statement requests, repair photos, and witness names before responding in detail.
Step 4
Use the local proof packet to decide whether the next step is a resource guide, the broader Los Angeles page, or a participating-attorney review request.
Local scene signals
Local details support three immediate decisions: preserve a scene record, connect the first treatment note, or move from research into case review.
Entertainment areas create short bursts of congestion where crowd flow, alcohol service, valet movement, and rideshare pickups can matter.
Save event timing, receipts, app-trip records, nearby camera locations, and any security or venue incident report numbers.
Campus zones often involve buses, scooters, bikes, young drivers, parking exits, and heavy foot traffic between class changes.
Check shuttle routes, campus police reports, parking-lot cameras, scooter data, and crosswalk signal timing.
Neck, back, and spinal symptoms may intensify after the scene, so the care sequence and activity limits matter as much as the crash facts.
Track pain onset, imaging, referrals, physical therapy, missed work, and any gaps the insurer may try to use against the claim.
Westwood whiplash injuries claims should connect the approach on Gayley Avenue, the local anchor near Westwood Village, first symptoms, and treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Start with Gayley Avenue, Westwood Village, and the first provider note so the review stays grounded in Westwood.
Local evidence matrix
Each card connects a local route, scene anchor, treatment record, and concrete evidence task. Open the checks that fit the facts; not every item applies to every claim.
Treatment-timeline lens check 1
claim-number trail, Good Samaritan Hospital, and industrial gate movement are useful when they help someone decide what to preserve before contacting anyone.
Show stepsMedical-necessity lens check 2
Use this local lens to keep the review practical: Gayley Avenue, Culver City, and billing ledger should each answer a different evidence question.
Show stepsMedical-necessity lens check 3
Instead of repeating statewide basics, test whether Le Conte Avenue, claim-number trail, and keeping the evidence plan useful even before a visitor submits a form change the next useful step.
Show stepsVenue-control lens check 4
Start this street-level review with dispatch note, not a settlement estimate, because a high-volume corridor where witness memory fades quickly can change how Le Conte Avenue is read against UCLA Medical Center.
Show stepsCare-continuity lens check 5
repair estimate, UCLA Medical Center, and weather and lighting change are useful when they help someone decide what to preserve before contacting anyone.
Show stepsFault-sequence lens check 6
For Westwood, the useful split is practical: Westwood Boulevard frames the scene, Keck Hospital of USC frames the body, and a treatment gap the adjuster may overstate frames the insurer response.
Show stepsMobility-impact lens check 7
The mobility-impact lens matters here because Hammer Museum and Echo Park can point to different record owners, different witnesses, and different timing pressure.
Show stepsInsurance-position lens check 8
For Westwood, the useful split is practical: Gayley Avenue frames the scene, UCLA Medical Center frames the body, and a location-specific record question that needs a named custodian frames the insurer response.
Show steps55,234
Total crashes
18,420
Injury crashes
4,850
Pedestrian crashes
7.5/100K
Fatality rate
Citywide patterns do not prove what happened in one claim, but they help identify the roads, timing, and evidence requests that should be checked early.
Next useful clicks
Compare the city service guide, city hub, local crash data, and nearby neighborhoods based on the next question in your claim.
Use broader city guidance when neighborhood facts need to be checked against citywide claim strategy.
City service
Los Angeles Whiplash Injuries
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City hub
Los Angeles injury hub
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Crash data
Los Angeles crash data
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FAQ
Los Angeles accident FAQ
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Use these evergreen guides when the next step is evidence organization, insurance communication, or lawyer selection.
Checklist
What to do after an accident
A step-by-step evidence checklist for the first hours after an injury event.
Insurance
How to file an insurance claim
A practical guide for organizing insurance notices, documents, and recorded-statement decisions.
Lawyer fit
How to find a personal injury lawyer
Questions to ask before choosing someone to evaluate local proof and medical documentation.
Value factors
Settlement calculator
Compare injury severity, treatment time, insurance pressure, and damages before estimating claim value.
Treatment
Medical care after an accident
Find medical-care context that helps connect symptoms, providers, referrals, and follow-up records.
Fees
Personal injury lawyer cost
Understand contingency fees, case costs, and what written-fee-terms means before hiring counsel.
For Westwood, the better first step is to study Wilshire Boulevard, insurance correspondence, and medical lien review. Any attorney-fee structure should be reviewed in writing before representation begins.
The important routes are the ones that explain proof, not just traffic volume. In Westwood, compare Westwood Boulevard, Fox Theatre, and treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center so treatment follow-through stays tied to the incident timeline.
The fastest responsible path is usually the one with the fewest proof gaps. For Westwood, that means using the early weeks to separate urgent evidence from later damages proof and reduce the risk created by slow medical referrals.
Collect scene photos, witness paths, business names, first-care paperwork, and messages from the insurer. The goal is to show what happened around Wilshire Boulevard, not just that an injury happened somewhere in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles context is helpful, but Westwood can have different witnesses, traffic flow, cameras, and medical handoffs. Separating those details makes the next evidence step clearer.
No. Hurt Advice is a legal information and case-routing service, not a law firm. The intake can help organize Westwood whiplash injuries facts and, when appropriate, route the request to participating attorneys. No attorney-client relationship begins unless a separate written agreement is signed with an attorney.