The Brief
- A jury found socialite Rebecca Grossman and former Dodger Scott Erickson negligent on Wednesday in the 2020 deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, awarding their family $176 million in damages.
- Jurors also determined that Grossman and Erickson acted with malice, a finding that moves the civil trial into a punitive damages phase that could result in further financial penalties.
- The verdict follows a high-stakes civil trial stemming from the tragic Westlake Village collision where the 11- and 8-year-old brothers were fatally struck in a pedestrian crosswalk.
LOS ANGELES – On Wednesday, a jury reached a verdict in the civil trial filed against socialist Rebecca Grossman and former Los Angeles Dodger Scott Erikcson.
What we know:
The two were found negligent in the deaths of two boys who were fatally struck by Grossman’s car on a Westlake Village street, allegedly while the couple were racing. A Los Angeles jury awarded the victims’ family $176 million in damages.…