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Torts/Personal Injury

Jun. 10, 2026

Jury weighs punitive damages in Grossman civil trial over boys' deaths

A Los Angeles County jury began deliberating whether Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson should pay punitive damages after jurors awarded the Iskander family $176 million in compensatory damages.

VAN NUYS - A Los Angeles County jury began deliberating Tuesday whether Rebecca Grossman and former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson should pay punitive damages for the 2020 deaths of brothers Mark and Jacob Iskander, after jurors last week awarded the family $176 million in compensatory damages, finding Grossman and Erickson liable for the boys' deaths.

The six-year civil case stemmed from allegations that Grossman and Erickson got drunk before racing separate veh...

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