LOS ANGELES (CN) — Wrongful death claims arising from a 2020 hit-and-run crash that killed two young brothers in the San Fernando Valley are now in the hands of jury, after lawyers delivered closing arguments in the civil trial Monday.
Plaintiff’s attorney Brian Panish asked the 12 jurors to award some $375 million to his clients, the Iskander family, for the losses of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother Jacob, who were killed as they crossed the street with their mother, Nancy, and youngest brother, Zachary.
“Is that a lot of money?” Panish asked. “Yeah. But it’s a tremendous loss … What could be worse for a parent than to see your kids run down by a drunk driver?”…