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Torts/Personal Injury

Jun. 5, 2026

Jury hears punitive damages claims after $176M Grossman verdict

A day after jurors awarded $176 million in wrongful death damages, attorneys began arguing whether Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson should pay additional punitive damages for the deaths of two brothers.

Jury hears punitive damages claims after $176M Grossman verdict
Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton

VAN NUYS - A day after a jury found socialite Rebecca Grossman and former baseball player Scott Erickson liable for $176 million in wrongful death damages, the years-long civil case stemming from the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers entered its final phase Thursday.

In a punitive damages phase expected to last several days, attorneys sparred over whether Grossman and Erickson should face additional financial penalties over the deaths of Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8, Iskander. Th...

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