Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Quick Answer: FedEx Ground Package System’s small directly registered fleet (32 vehicles) had the highest crash rate of the eight carrier registrations we analyzed, with 24 crashes, or 75 per 100 registered vehicles, over the past 24 months — more than 12 times the rate of…
Continue reading ›Los Angeles car accident attorney Steven M. Sweat revisits a case that has become one of California’s clearest lessons in the difference between winning a claim and collecting on one. UPDATE — JULY 2026 This post was originally published in September 2022, days after the crash and while the Los Angeles Police Department’s investigation was…
Continue reading ›Published July 2026 · By Steven M. Sweat, Personal Injury Lawyers, APC · Data study based on NHTSA FARS records, 2019–2024 – Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Article Summary: A new study released by Steven M. Sweat, Personal Injury Lawyers, examined six years of federal traffic fatality records (2019–2024) to identify…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Quick Answer Personal injury mediation in California is a confidential, non-binding settlement negotiation conducted with a neutral mediator — typically a retired judge or veteran trial attorney — who shuttles between the parties in private sessions to close the gap between demand and offer. Nothing said…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and updated by Steven M. Sweat, September 2026 Quick Answer A policy limits settlement is a settlement for the maximum amount the at-fault party’s liability insurance will pay — and a policy limits demand is the formal, deadline-driven offer that forces the insurer to pay it. Under California law, an insurer that unreasonably rejects…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Quick Answer To look up a Riverside County Superior Court case, create a free account on the court’s Public Access portal (reached from riverside.courts.ca.gov) — case-number searches are free and return the register of actions, while name searches carry a fee. To look up a San…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Quick Answer Do TBI patients ever fully recover? It depends heavily on severity — and the honest answer is more nuanced than most people expect. Most people with a mild TBI (concussion) recover fully within weeks to three months, and nearly all regain functional independence within…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Quick Answer Dash cams are legal in California. Under Vehicle Code section 26708(b)(13), a dash cam may be mounted on the windshield in exactly three zones: a 7-inch square in the lower corner farthest from the driver, a 5-inch square in the lower corner nearest the…
Continue reading ›Reviewed and Updated by Steven M. Sweat, October 2026 Article Summary California Vehicle Code 22350 (CVC 22350) is the state’s basic speed law: no one may drive faster than is reasonable or prudent given the weather, visibility, traffic, and roadway — and never at a speed that endangers people or property. The defining feature of…
Continue reading ›Article Summary California Vehicle Code 22107 (CVC 22107) requires two things of every driver before changing lanes or turning from a direct course: the movement must be made with reasonable safety, and the driver must signal whenever another vehicle may be affected. A driver who violates CVC 22107 and causes a collision is presumed negligent…
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