Aitken, Aitken, & Cohn - A Law Corporation

Aitken * Aitken * Cohn has the extensive experience and knowledge to aggressively and independently investigate the cause of an accident caused by a defective product. Our office capitalizes on the insight and expertise of the best known legal experts in the industry. Whether by trial or settlement, the firm has obtained outstanding results in various different types of product cases.

Representative products liability actions handled by this office include:

An action by a 26 year old water well driller who arm was amputated and was rendered quadriplegic due to the defective design of a "kelly", the spinning part of a rig which powers the drilling mechanism. Please see:  Failure To Supervise Contractor Leads To Catastrophic Injury.

An action by an aerospace executive who was severely burned while using his barbecue on the Fourth of July. Through aggressive investigation, it was determined that his cylinders were overfilled by his local gas station. In addition, it was determined that the cylinder company had explicit knowledge of several overfilling accidents yet failed to alter its warnings.  Please see:  V.P. of Aerospace Co. Suffers 3rd Degree Burns From Overfilled Propane Cylinder.

The Disneyland accidents involving "the Sailing Ship Columbia" and "Big Thunder  Mountain" were essentially defective product claims.  The theory that rides at a theme park be in good working order and that the owner has a duty to keep their rides in good working order, can be traced back to the core of products liability.  In the Columbia accident a metal cleat was riped from the ship and hurrdled in a crowd due to rotted wood and a nylon rope.  While on Big Thunder Mountain the failure to install a safety wire created a chain of events resulting in the train to fall apart and crash.