catastrophic injury
June 10, 2021
$11 Million In Catastrophic Injury Lawsuit involving the California Republican Party
Case: Ruehle v. California Republican Party Case Number: 30-2017-00912044 Court: Orange County Superior Court Result: $11,065,000 Result Date: May 2021 Through aggressive litigation, partner Chris Aitken and attorney Megan Demshki obtained an $11 million settlement with the California Republican Party on behalf of a father of six from Riverside who was involved in a freeway… read more
October 30, 2019
$10 Million Settlement In Ryan Corbin (Pat Boone’s Grandson) Case
2010 – RYAN CORBIN At just 24 years old, Ryan Corbin had graduated from Pepperdine University with honors, written his first screenplay, and was engaged to be married. Then on a hot summer day, Ryan, who is the grandson of the legendary Pat Boone, fell through a Plexiglas skylight on the roof of his apartment… read more
October 30, 2019
$55 Million Jury Verdict for Four Year Old Catastrophically Injured by A Government Worker
2007 – GUTIERREZ v. U.S. GOVERNMENT Leilani Gutierrez was four years old when she was involved in a major car crash that changed her life forever. At a fateful intersection, with Leilani securely in her carseat, Leilani and her mother were violently struck by another vehicle which caused their car to spin out of control… read more
October 30, 2019
$20 Million Settlement on Fast Food Playground Case
2005 – FAST FOOD PLAYGROUND Aitken Aitken Cohn represented little Jacob Buckett, who fell onto the hard tile floor beneath him (with his younger sister watching in terror) as they were climbing on horizontal support poles at a national hamburger fast food restaurant’s play area. Jacob was in a coma for months and suffered a… read more
October 30, 2019
$2.1 Million Laura Small Case
1993 – LAURA SMALL CASE In one of the firm’s first landmark cases, Wylie Aitken zealously represented five-year-old Laura Small who was violently mauled by a mountain lion at a county park. At only five-years old, Laura was blinded in her right eye, suffered brain damage and was left partially paralyzed after a cougar seized… read more
October 2, 2019
PLAINTIFF RESOLVES HIGH PROFILE LAWSUIT FOR OVER 17 MILLION FOR CATASTROPHIC INJURIES TO WELDING CONTRACTOR INVOLVED IN NEGLIGENT EXPLOSION AT INDUSTRIAL PLANT
CASE DESCRIPTION: Plaintiff, Adam Morales, arrived at an industrial plant, owned and operated by Defendant, to perform routine welding on an industrial storage tank of cutback asphalt being brought back into service for Defendant. During the welding process, Plaintiff made a circular cut into the storage tank which triggered a steam explosion. As a result,… read more