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May 4, 2023
Documentation is Key to Your Personal Injury Suit
Here’s what you need for a successful case By Aitken Aitken Cohn Getting hurt in an accident can be life-altering. In addition to your pain and suffering, a severe injury can mean months or years of medical treatment, hefty bills, missed work, lost wages, and reduced quality of life. The financial and emotional burden can… read more
April 5, 2023
Dangerous Non-FDA Approved Medical Devices: A Consumer Warning
By Aitken Aitken Cohn Recently a promising young clarinetist, Boja Kragulj, shared her harrowing story with CBS News about a disastrous dental treatment with an unproven, unregulated device that upended her career. Kragulj had breathing issues—the placement of her jaw constricted her airway—and she’d been told that only surgery could correct it. Then, on social… read more
February 2, 2023
Megan Demshki Authors Article for OCTLA’s The Gavel
AAC’s Megan Demshki recently wrote an article for OCTLA’s The Gavel “iSWITRS, TIMS, CPRA and FOIA: Free Online Tools in Your Next Government Tort Case” where she talks about several online tools that will allow you to conduct a meaningful, prelitigation investigation in your next government tort case before you even file. Read the full article below.
December 14, 2022
Toys and Online Retailers on the Naughty List
A recall round-up for the holiday season and tips for making sure you’re giving safe toys By Aitken * Aitken * Cohn Tis’ the season of giving- children are making lists, hinting and begging, and writing to Santa. Parents and grandparents are shopping. There’s nothing like the anticipation of new toys! While it’s no fun… read more
December 6, 2022
Safety on the Slopes
What you need to know about ski-related head injuries and how to prevent them By Aitken * Aitken * Cohn The holidays are almost upon us, and here in Southern California, an early December storm brought several inches of snow to the mountains. Ski season has arrived! There’s nothing quite like the fun and freedom… read more
October 10, 2022
California’s Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Death Cases
The loss of a loved one is devastating under any circumstances. But when it could have been prevented—when a family member dies as the result of someone else’s wrong actions, whether negligent, reckless, or intentional—the grief and fallout can be even more complicated and acute. When this happens, eligible surviving family members of the deceased… read more
September 21, 2022
AAC Founding Partner Wylie Aitken Honored as a Daily Journal 2022 ‘Top 100’ Lawyer
SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 — The Los Angeles / San Francisco Daily Journal has named prominent plaintiff lawyer Wylie Aitken one of 2022’s Top 100 Lawyers in California out of the state’s 266,000 practicing attorneys. The annual list, published Wednesday, recognizes Wylie for his outstanding success for his clients, leadership as the founding partner of Orange County-based law firm Aitken Aitken Cohn… read more
September 13, 2022
Hot Topic in a Heat Wave
Is anyone liable for heat-related illness and injury? By Aitken Aitken Cohn The first week of September was a scorcher. It brought a record-setting heat wave to the southwest—ten consecutive days of often triple-digit temperatures—in what weather experts have called our most severe ever recorded in September. Last October, after three back-to-back heat waves hit… read more
July 27, 2022
Jack Aitken Takes the Stage for “Green Day’s American Idiot”
AAC’s Wylie Aitken: “Not all Aitken are lawyers. The next generation has one person on the stage at the Chance Theatre at the Bette Aitken Center in Anaheim. Enjoy the Orange County Register article and take in the production. Jack is a freshman at NYU in Broadway Theatre.” To learn more about production and to… read more
July 19, 2022
Birth Defects Due to Medication—What Parents Need to Know
According to the CDC, about 1 in 33 babies—approximately 120,000—are born in the U.S. with some form of birth defect. These conditions, ranging from mild to severe, are usually discovered within the first year of life. Most congenital disabilities begin within the first three months of development in the womb. According to the Cleveland Clinic,… read more