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Congratulations to our founding partner, Wylie Aitken, for inclusion in the publication, Best Trial Lawyers of America for the 30th consecutive year!

Christopher Aitken, Casey Johnson and Michael Penn have been recognized as Top Lawyer "Rising Stars" by peers for 2007... More

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Child Collects Eight Figure Settlement from Playground Injury

The Plaintiff, Jacob Buckett, age 10, fell from the cross bars of the playground at a national fast food burger chain restaurant and suffered a severe, traumatic brain injury when his head struck the restaurant floor tile. Due to the severity of the fall, Jacob will require 24 hour life time care. While Defendants argued that the cross bars were not part of the play structure, Plaintiff was able to establish through intensive discovery that the cross bars resembled and were repeatedly used by prior customers as public playground “monkey bars” and discovered a serious prior injury at the same location...

Featured Verdict | Orange County Girl Awarded $55 Mil.

$55 Million Judgment for Orange County Girl

Leilani G. was left paralyzed after a tragic car accident by a federal employee. Leilani's mother, June, was driving south on Newport Boulevard on Mother's Day when an employee of the Department of the Army ran a red light and collided with June's Chevrolet Suburban. The impact sent the Suburban careening into a utility pole...

Brain Injured Boy of Newport Beach Awarded 23.5 Million

Cade F., an “exceptional” 13 year old boy of Joel and Lisa F., was awarded 23.5 million dollars for significant brain injuries by a jury in Orange County, California. The defendants in this matter were an out of state corporation, E.A. Pedersen Company doing business as Pedersen Power Products and their Western Regional Sales Manager, Peter I. As Peter I. had at trial acknowledged he had run a red light...

Feature Article | Do You Have Enough Insurance?

In our practice, we often find that clients do not fully understand the limits of their automobile insurance policy limits and the different types of coverages available until after an accident has occurred. Unfortunately, by then it is too late! Here are the three most important elements of automobile insurance coverage, and our recommendations...

Client Spotlight | Jim MacLaren - Athlete and Inspiration

Our former client, Jim MacLaren, is a motivational speaker and author, noted for his record-breaking performances in the marathon and ironman triathlon after having his left leg amputated below the knee. During a late-night motorcycle ride, MacLaren was broadsided by a 40,000-pound city bus. Rushed to Bellevue Hospital, he was initially diagnosed as "dead on arrival"...

Orange County Lawyer Spotlight | Wylie Aitken

Congratulations to our founding partner, Wylie Aitken, for inclusion in the publication, Best Lawyers of America for the 30th consecutive year!

Wylie was lead trial attorney on two recent awards involving catastrophic injuries in children caused by the negligence of another driver. Read more about Wylie and his dedication to representing the injured by clicking "Read More" below.

Wylie Aitken Receives Lifetime Legal Acheivement Award from the Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Right (FTCR), a citizen watchdog group on critical public policy issues.

Wylie Aitken honored as one of the top 100 lawyers in CA for 2008.

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Case Results

Confidential Settlement
Settlement stemming from Big Thunder Mountain incident at Disneyland... More

$55,000,000 Verdict
Paralyzed 9 year-old girl and her mother receive a precedent shattering...
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$23,500,000 Verdict
Fourteen year old Cade F. suffered traumatic brain injury after defendant ran a red light...

$25,000,000 Settlement
Estimated result of Sailing Ship Columbia incident at Disneyland...

$19,422,000 Settlement
Wrongful death of prominent physician resulting in multi-million dollar settlement ...

$17,988,000 Settlement
Young boy struck by truck due to ten foot hedge obstructing drivers view... More

$17,062,000 Verdict
Jury verdict for bad faith acts of Chubb Insurance Company...

$10,546,000 Settlement
Young bicyclist suffers traumatic brain injury and collects millions over policy limits...

$10,125,000 Settlement
Grandson of famed singer suffers traumatic injuries in apartment complex

$7,062,000 Settlement
Man injured in accident and then rendered a quadriplegic due to medical care

$6,868,000 Verdict
Jury verdict for representation of quadriplegic in car accident "whodunit"

$2,296,000 Settlement
Ground breaking settlement for the wrongful death of a talented toy designer

$2,100,000 Verdict
Record jury verdict for mountain lion attack on 5 year-old girl

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