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December 9, 2011
Insurance Bad Faith: Preserving the Duty to Act in Good Faith and Fair Dealing
At Aitken * Aitken * Cohn, our practice involves helping injured people pursue justice through our civil court system. This requires us to be experienced in handling cases that cross into several areas of the law, including insurance contract law. For instance, when representing clients injured in a motor vehicle accident, disputes can arise between… read more
December 5, 2011
Pro-Business Theme Pervades Recent Rulings from the California and United States Supreme Courts
While political debates at all levels of government seem to reach a fever pitch on each and every issue being decided, the Supreme Courts of both the United States and California have recently issued a string of rulings that reflect what is almost unanimously viewed by Court observers as an anti-consumer trend. Since such decisions… read more
November 17, 2011
Whittier Electrocution: Southern California Edison Power Lines Kill Again
On November 12, a Whittier man, Joel Ramirez, was fatally electrocuted after contacting a downed, live power line that fell into his backyard. His mother was also injured when she attempted to come to his aid. The facts are eerily similar to a case our firm is handling involving the Vego family that tragically lost… read more
November 16, 2011
Insurance Bad Faith: Preserving the Duty to Act in Good Faith and Fair Dealing
At Aitken Aitken Cohn, our practice involves helping injured people pursue justice through our civil court system. This requires us to be experienced in handling cases that cross into several areas of the law, including insurance contract law. For instance, when representing clients injured in a motor vehicle accident, disputes can arise between the client… read more
November 14, 2011
Whittier Man Dies After Being Shocked by Downed Power Line
November 14, 2011 Personal Injury Electrical Accidents Joel Ramirez, a 24-year old male died after being shocked by downed power lines in his Whittier home. The accident happened on Saturday along the 8100 block of Friends Avenue. Investigators have reported that a fire was started on the roof of the victim’s home, when a downed… read more
July 22, 2011
Wylie Aitken Calls On Veolia to Fully Compensate Victims
Wylie Aitken was recently featured by the National Law Journal as he called upon Veolia Transportation Inc. (a $50 billion French conglomerate) to provide additional damages to Chatsworth Metrolink crash victims. A subsidiary of Veolia operated and employed the train engineer who caused the collision. The company failed to investigate repeated complaints of engineer misconduct… read more
July 15, 2011
Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Litigation
On July 14, 2011, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter D. Lichtman announced awards for all Plaintiffs from the $200 million dollar Chatsworth Metrolink Collision limited settlement fund. Aitken * Aitken * Cohn attorneys Wylie A. Aitken, Esq. and Michael A. Penn, Esq represented 3 wrongful death plaintiffs involved in the litigation and served as… read more
June 13, 2011
Aitken * Aitken * Cohn Assist In Victory for Orange County Residents in Fairgrounds Case. ‘This Sale Cannot Go Forward,’ Court says
Pro Bono cases matter. Never was that more clear than when Wylie and Ashleigh Aitken helped secure a victory in the long-fought case concerning the future of the Orange County Fairgrounds. ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS: PROFITS OVER THE PUBLIC? On June 7, 2011, a California Court of Appeals held that the sale of the Orange County… read more
March 21, 2011
Are there Design and/or Maintenance Issues with the Beechcraft Super King?
The recent tragedy at the Long Beach airport in Long Beach, California on March 16th, 2011, resulting in the death of five occupants, including the pilot, continues to raise questions regarding the safety of the Beechcraft Super King Aircraft involved. This incident is erringly similar to litigation being handled by this office arising from a… read more
March 18, 2011
Are there Design and/or Maintenance Issues with the Beechcraft Super King?
The recent tragedy at the Long Beach airport in Long Beach, California on March 16th, 2011, resulting in the death of five occupants, including the pilot, continues to raise questions regarding the safety of the Beechcraft Super King Aircraft involved. This incident is erringly similar to litigation being handled by this office arising from a… read more