Jury awards $176m to family of two boys killed by LA socialite in high-speed crash

Rebecca Grossman and former MLB player Scott Erickson were found negligent in deaths of young brothers A Los Angeles county jury has found the socialite Rebecca Grossman and former MLB player Scott Erickson negligent in the deaths of two young brothers whom Grossman struck as she drove in Westlake Village in September 2020. Following an eight-week civil trial, the jury on Wednesday awarded $176m to the family of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his eight-year-old brother, Jacob. The boys were crossing the street with a skateboard and inline skates when Grossman fatally hit them with her car. Grossman, 62, and Erickson, 58, were negligent and “acted in concert with each other in the course of their activities leading to the fatal collision”, according to the jurors. Grossman is serving a sentence of 15 years to life after being convicted of second-degree murder in a separate criminal case in 2024. The civil jury also determined that both defendants acted with malice, allowing for a second phase of the trial to consider punitive damages. According to witness testimony presented during both the criminal and civil trials, Grossman and Erickson had been drinking at a local restaurant befor