By Ricardo Roura
A jury awarded the payment of $176 million dollars to the family of two children who were killed by socialite Rebecca Grossman in Los Angeles County in 2020.
Jurors found Grossman and former Los Angeles Dodgers player Scott Erickson guilty. for the death of Ticket and Jacob Iskander, who were run over in a West Village crosswalk when the two adults were traveling in their vehicles at high speed.
Compensation of $176 million dollars was awarded to Nancy Iskander and her husband, Karim, as well as their son, Zachary.
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The economic penalty was also applied to Rebecca’s husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, who was sued in court for being the owner of the vehicle that the socialite was driving and the jurors determined that she had given him permission to drive it.
Rebecca Grossman, co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, He is serving a sentence of between 15 years and life in prison. for his 2024 conviction on two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, and one count of hit-and-run.
Ticket Iskander, 11, and his brother Jacob, 8died after being hit by the Mercedes-Benz SUV driven by Rebecca Grossman when they were crossing the street at a marked crosswalk with her family in 2020.
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The jury determined that both Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson They acted with complete disregard for the safety of the childrenfor which they were ordered to pay punitive compensation in the wrongful death lawsuit.
According to prosecutors, Grossman and her then-boyfriend Scott Erickson, They went out for a drink and headed to their residence at high speed in separate vehicles. when the woman ran over the two children.
Prosecutors mentioned that, according to vehicle data, Grossman was driving at about 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) in a residential area at the time of the accident..
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After the accident, Grossman continued on his way and finally stopped a quarter mile (400 meters) after the location where the incident occurredwhen your car turned off automatically.
Ticket Iskander died at the place where the accident occurredwhile his brother Jacob lost his life at the hospital.
The jury also found that Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson acted with malicewhich could trigger a phase of the trial to determine punitive damages and, consequently, additional sanctions be imposed against the couple.
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It was not clear how the three defendants would the payment of the corresponding compensation will be distributed.
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