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Torts/Personal Injury

Oct. 5, 2026

Jury awards $11.5M to bicyclist injured by raised PCH sidewalk

A Los Angeles County jury found Caltrans liable for a longshoreman's traumatic brain injury after evidence showed the agency had 19 opportunities to address the sidewalk hazard before his 2021 crash.

A Los Angeles County jury awarded $11.5 million Wednesday to a longshoreman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after his bicycle struck a nearly 6-inch-raised sidewalk slab that the California Department of Transportation had not repaired despite repeated warnings and an earlier serious crash at the site.

Kramer Trial Lawyers secured the verdict for Gary Dean Swisher, 69, after a trial that began in mid-September. Evidence showed Caltrans had 19 opportunities to address the haz...

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