Swanson Civil Case Settled in January

Kate Ryan at WTOP has another good story, this one about the Swanson anniversary and includes the news that there was a civil trial in January. The parties settled, though they don’t say how much for.

[Her mom, Ruth] Rowan says three experts in the civil trial,
which was settled in January, agreed that Swanson was hit by the truck,
not the other way around. 

“If someone is in my blind spot, and I pull into their lane and hit
them, it’s my fault,” she says.

Rowan insists that her daughter was not at fault in the crash that
killed her, but the Metropolitan police investigation concluded Swanson
was the one who actually struck the trash truck on the passenger’s side
door.