Steven M. Sweat

Within days of a serious crash, an insurance carrier has opened a file, assigned a trained adjuster, and begun building its version of what happened. Photographs are logged, statements are sought, and the claim is routed into...more No area of California personal injury law changed more in the past eighteen months than rideshare liability. Two statutes enacted in quick succession — Senate Bill 371, effective January 1, 2026, and Senate Bill 623, signed...more Traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims occupy an unusual position in California personal injury law. They are among the highest-value cases a claimant can bring — and among the most aggressively contested....more The package on your doorstep arrives faster than ever — and the system that put it there has quietly placed a new class of commercial vehicle on residential streets at a scale the law never anticipated....more