Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRebecca Grossman, 62, and her then-boyfriend Scott Erickson were found negligent and to have acted with malice in the civil trial ((Grossman Burn Foundation - YouTube))A civil jury awarded the family of Mark and Jacob Iskander $176 million after the two boys were killed in a 2020 hit-and-run incident. Rebecca Grossman, 62, and her then-boyfriend Scott Erickson were found negligent and to have acted with malice in the civil trial. Grossman is currently serving a 15-to-life sentence in state prison after being convicted in February 2024 of felony murder and other charges related to the crash. Prosecutors described Grossman and Erickson as playing a 'high-speed game of chicken' in their SUVs after allegedly drinking margaritas, leading to the fatal collision. Erickson, a former professional baseball player, avoided criminal charges but was found negligent in the civil case, despite denying racing or exceeding speed limits. In fullJury awards $176m to family of boys killed by LA socialite as she raced ex-baseball star boyfriendThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Family’s fight for justice ends with $176 million jury bombshell
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRebecca Grossman, 62, and her then-boyfriend Scott Erickson were found negligent and to have acted with malice in the civil trial ((Grossman Burn Foundation - YouTube))A civil jury awarded the family of Mark and Jacob Iskander $176 million after the two boys were killed in a 2020 hit-and-run incident. Rebecca Grossman, 62, and her then-boyfriend Scott Erickson were found negligent and to have acted with malice in the civil trial. Grossman is currently serving a 15-to-life sentence in state prison after being convicted in February 2024 of felony murder and other charges related to the crash. Prosecutors described Grossman and Erickson as playing a 'high-speed game of chicken' in their SUVs after allegedly drinking margaritas, leading to the fatal collision. Erickson, a former professional baseball player, avoided criminal charges but was found negligent in the civil case, despite denying racing or exceeding speed limits. In fullJury awards $176m to family of boys killed by LA socialite as she raced ex-baseball star boyfriendThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
