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Law Practice

Jul. 24, 2009

Civil Lawyer Says Prosecutors Barred Him From Courtroom

A plaintiffs lawyer charged Wednesday that Hyundai Motor Co. arranged with the Orange County district attorney's office to restrict an executive's testimony in a vehicular manslaughter prosecution to protect the company in a related wrongful death suit.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A plaintiffs lawyer charged Wednesday that Hyundai Motor Co. arranged with the Orange County district attorney's office to restrict an executive's testimony in a vehicular manslaughter prosecution to protect the company in a related wrongful death suit.

Wylie Aitken said Hyundai "held the justice system hostage" by requiring prosecutors to limit their questioning of the witness and by d...

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