Published August 2026 · By Steven M. Sweat, Personal Injury Lawyers, APC · Data study of child pedestrian and cyclist fatalities near U.S. schools over a twelve-year period Article Summary: A new study released by Steven M. Sweat, Personal Injury Lawyers, ranked U.S. metro areas by how dangerous they are for children (ages 5–18) walking or…
Continue reading ›Quick Answer: FedEx Ground Package System has the highest crash rate of any major U.S. delivery carrier, with 75 crashes per 100 registered vehicles over the past 24 months — more than 12 times the rate of the next-worst fleet, J.B. Hunt (5.86), and roughly 30 times the rate of UPS, Amazon Logistics or FedEx…
Continue reading ›Quick Answer: Caltrans is building bike lanes in both directions along a 10-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, from the Santa Ana River bridge to Sunset Beach. The $10.7 million project began in summer 2026 and is expected to finish by December. The corridor has seen multiple fatal collisions between drivers and…
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 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 the California counties with the highest pedestrian risks and the…
Continue reading ›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 at mediation can be used in court: Evidence Code…
Continue reading ›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 a reasonable settlement demand within its policy limits can…
Continue reading ›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 Bernardino County Superior Court case, use the Court Access…
Continue reading ›Quick Answer To look up an Orange County Superior Court case, use the court’s free Case Access system at occourts.org and search by case number within the correct case category — civil, criminal/traffic, probate, or family. If you don’t have the case number, the court’s Case Name Search lets you search by a person’s or…
Continue reading ›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 a year — yet large multicenter studies have found…
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