LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Los Angeles County jury Wednesday awarded $22 million punitive damages to the family of two brothers who were killed in a hit-and-run crash in 2020 by Rebecca Grossman, the wife of a renowned plastic surgeon, as they were crossing the street with their mother.
The jury previously found Grossman and former professional baseball player Scott Erickson, her lover at the time, were negligent in the deaths of the two boys. Jurors also found they acted with malice, allowing the boys’ family to seek punitive damages on top of the $176 million in compensatory damages already awarded.
After deliberating for two days in the second phase of the trial, the 12-person jury returned with a verdict awarding $21 million in punitive damages against Rebecca Grossman and $1.17 million against Erickson. When polled, all but one juror agreed that the verdict reflected their decision…