Law Offices of Steven M. Sweat, APC - Chula Vista

03/04/2022

Largest payout, $1.3M, goes to daughters of man who died from injuries in motorcycle crash

06/02/2020

Many people in California enjoy going to amusement parks and waterslides. When people are injured on a ride or waterslide, they may have grounds to recover damages through personal injury ...

04/13/2020

Nine Northern Californians who were on the Grand Princess cruise to Hawaii sued Princess Cruise Lines and its parent company, Carnival Corp., in federal court.

04/07/2020

The California Judicial Council approved 11 temporary emergency rules Monday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including extending the statute of limitations in civil matters, allowing courts to require that proceedings be held remotely, and staying evictions and foreclosures.

04/06/2020

Lawyers who brokered the $13.5 billion deal with the utility now say they no longer support it and want changes, a stance that threatens PG&E’s effort to exit bankruptcy by summer.

04/03/2020

Family members who claim a loved one died due to the negligence of doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center filed court papers Tuesday challenging the state’s decades-old law putting a $250,000 cap on pain and suffering due to medical mistakes. Charles Johnson IV and his two minor sons, along with t...

03/19/2020

A Pennsylvania court will soon decide whether Amazon can be held liable for defective products sold by third party vendors on Amazon.

03/16/2020

In California, cities have immunity when people are injured while using paved or unpaved trails because of the design or location of the trail. The immunity does not apply when the injuries are ...

03/09/2020

Every state, including California, has statutes of limitations that govern when legal claims must be filed. The medical malpractice statute of limitations is three years from the date of th

03/02/2020

The deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant along with the other people who were on the helicopter with them shocked the world. As thousands of mourners went to the Staples Center in Los Angeles for

02/27/2020