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Torts/Personal Injury

Nov. 13, 2026

Former MLB pitcher seeks to slash $176M wrongful death verdict

Former pitcher Scott Erickson seeks to overturn or reduce a $176 million verdict over two brothers' deaths, arguing that plaintiffs' attorneys improperly influenced jurors and that punitive damages exceed his means.

Former major league pitcher Scott Erickson is asking a Los Angeles judge to overturn or sharply reduce a $176 million civil verdict over the deaths of two young brothers in Westlake Village, arguing that the family's attorneys improperly influenced jurors with an inflated damages demand.

Erickson, who was found jointly responsible with Rebecca Grossman in June for the 2020 vehicle collision that killed Mark, 11, and Jacob Iskander, 8, is asking Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cott...

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