{"id":5216,"date":"2007-04-30T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T21:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=97"},"modified":"2007-04-30T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T21:36:48","slug":"23-5-million-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2007\/04\/30\/23-5-million-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Aitken * Aitken * Cohn Lawyers Win $23.5 Million Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a matter tried by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/staff\/wylie-aitken\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wylie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/staff\/chris-aitken\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/staff\/casey-johnson\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casey<\/a> at the Orange County Superior Court, a jury returned a verdict in Aitken\u00a0* Aitken\u00a0* Cohn&#8217;s client&#8217;s favor in the amount of $23.5 million. Fourteen year old Cade F. suffered a\u00a0traumatic brain injury and has had more than 24 surgeries after the defendant ran a red light at an intersection in Costa Mesa. The defendant, a western sales manager, was employed by a Nebraska company. The company was found responsible for damages to plaintiff when the jury ruled the defendant was in the course and scope of his employment with the company.<\/p>\n<h2>The Family Website States:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;During this past year and a half, Cade has shown us his tremendous inner strength and will to get better. We believe that even though he has a long journey ahead of him, his spirit and fight will get him through it, with God by his side.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the accident, Cade will require 24-hour care for the rest of his life and has trouble speaking and walking. The Feitler family&#8217;s medical bills have totaled approximately $4.89 million.<\/p>\n<p>Following the verdict on September 26, 2006, Wylie told the Orange County Register, &#8220;It&#8217;s heartwarming to have 12 people show up and give their time to listen to evidence and make a good decision and help a young boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the trial team, and we will keep you updated on Cade&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a matter tried by Wylie, Chris and Casey at the Orange County Superior Court, a jury returned a verdict in Aitken\u00a0* Aitken\u00a0* Cohn&#8217;s client&#8217;s favor in the amount of $23.5 million. Fourteen year old Cade F. suffered a\u00a0traumatic brain injury and has had more than 24 surgeries after the defendant ran a red light&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2007\/04\/30\/23-5-million-verdict\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[699],"class_list":["post-5216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-serious-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}