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LA Jury Finds Malice, Awards $176 M in Crash

6/4/2026

Summary

Story summary

A Los Angeles jury found the defendants acted with malice, opening a punitive-damages phase in the civil case.
The jury held Rebecca Grossman, Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson and Dr. Peter Grossman negligent for the 2020 Westlake Village crash that killed Mark and Jacob Iskander, awarding $176 million.
Rebecca Grossman is serving a 15-year-to-life term after a 2024 conviction on two counts each of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run.

History

Historical Context

The 1997 California civil trial that found O.J. Simpson liable for the 1994 murders ordered him to pay $33.5 million—$12.5 million in punitive damages to each the Goldman and Brown families, then a state record. That precedent under Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki informs today’s $176 million punitive verdict against Grossman et al., reinforcing California’s high-damage awards.

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Story summary

A Los Angeles jury found the defendants acted with malice, opening a punitive-damages phase in the civil case.
The jury held Rebecca Grossman, Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson and Dr. Peter Grossman negligent for the 2020 Westlake Village crash that killed Mark and Jacob Iskander, awarding $176 million.
Rebecca Grossman is serving a 15-year-to-life term after a 2024 conviction on two counts each of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run.

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