Rancho Mirage Personal Injury Lawyer

Restaurant Row, the Casino and Bob Hope Drive

• Highway 111 between Bob Hope Drive and Frank Sinatra Drive is known as “Restaurant Row,” with more than thirty places to eat. Evening traffic, valet lanes and diners walking to their cars all share the road.
• The Agua Caliente Casino sits at Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road off Interstate 10, and The River shopping center is across Bob Hope Drive from a large resort in the center of the city.
• A section of Highway 111 here follows the route of an ancient Native American trade route along the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains.

Late-night traffic near restaurants and the casino can include impaired drivers. If a drunk driver hit you, see our drunk driver page. Note that a crash or fall on tribal land can raise different rules; tell us exactly where it happened.

Getting a Report from the Sheriff

Rancho Mirage contracts with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, through the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station, 73-705 Gerald Ford Drive, Palm Desert. According to the city’s police FAQ:

• Reports generally take 7 to 10 days to be completed and filed.
• You must be a party, the parent of an involved minor, the attorney of record or an insurance agent, and you must come to the station lobby with ID.
• A report costs $13.00. Lobby hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. General questions and records: (760) 836-1600.

On I-10, the CHP Indio Area office usually takes the report.

Eisenhower Health

Eisenhower Health’s Tennity Emergency Department, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, is in Rancho Mirage. It’s open 24 hours a day and was designated a Level IV trauma center in 2022. Seriously injured patients may be moved to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, the valley’s only Level I trauma center.

Court and Deadlines

Busy Roads Around Rancho Mirage

Busy roads in Rancho Mirage include Highway 111, Bob Hope Drive, Frank Sinatra Drive, Monterey Avenue and Ramon Road. Highway 111 near restaurants and resorts has heavy turning traffic; pedestrians and golf carts cross at night; drivers come off I-10 at Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road. If your crash happened on one of these roads, write down the nearest cross street or exit, and keep any dashcam or doorbell video before it is recorded over. Our Highway 111 Coachella Valley guide covers that corridor in more detail.

Hit by an Impaired Driver Leaving Restaurant Row or the Casino

When a crash happens late at night near Highway 111’s restaurants or the casino at Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road, people often ask whether the bar or restaurant that served the driver has to pay. In California the answer is usually no. Business and Professions Code section 25602 generally protects anyone who serves alcohol to an adult from being sued for what that adult does after drinking; there is a narrow exception for selling to an obviously intoxicated minor. So the claim usually runs against the driver:

• The driver’s liability policy is the main source of payment.
• Your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may help if the driver had little or no insurance. If the driver left the scene, report it to police within 24 hours to protect that claim.
• The criminal DUI case runs separately from your injury claim. A conviction can help prove fault, and you can ask the court for restitution, but neither replaces a civil claim.
• Video and receipts: valet tickets, receipts and restaurant or casino cameras can show the timeline, so ask that they be saved quickly.

Remember that a crash on tribal land can follow different rules, so tell us exactly where it happened. Under California’s pure comparative fault rule you can usually still recover if you share some of the blame, minus your share. We can’t promise any amount or result. Call (951) 583-1900 or text (949) 776-8964, 24/7.

Nearby communities we also serve: Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms. See all of our locations and our practice areas.

Cases We Handle

• Crashes on Highway 111 and Bob Hope Drive.
• DUI crashes near restaurants and nightlife.
• Golf course, resort and country club injuries.
• Falls at stores, restaurants and hotels.

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