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EVENING. I'M MICHAEL HOLMES, AND I'M HOW A JURY HAS FOUND SOCIALITE REBECCA GROSSMAN AND FORMER DODGERS PITCHER SCOTT ERICKSON NEGLIGENT IN THE DEATHS OF 2 YOUNG BROTHERS. JURORS BEGAN DELIBERATING EARLIER THIS WEEK AND ULTIMATELY AWARDED THE SCANNER FAMILY 10'S OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.
THE VERDICT COMING MORE THAN 5 YEARS AFTER MARK AND JACOB A SCATTER WERE HIT AND KILLED IN A WESTLAKE VILLAGE CROSSWALK DURING AN ALLEGED STREET RACE BETWEEN GROSSMAN AND ERICSSON. KTLA AS CARLOS SAUCEDO IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN VAN NUYS WITH MORE ON THE VERDICT AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. CARLOS.
I CAN SHARE THIS CIVIL TRIAL HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 5 WEEKS AND TODAY A VERDICT WAS REACHED. A JURY AWARDING THE VICTIM'S FAMILY, 176 MILLION DOLLARS.
REACHED A A BOMBSHELL VERDICT IN VAN NUYS COURTROOM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A JURY FINDING REBECCA GROSSMAN AND FORMER ALLY DODGERS PITCHER SCOTT ERICKSON NEGLIGENT IN THE DEATHS OF 2 YOUNG SIBLINGS. AND THE VERDICT COMES AFTER 5 AND A HALF WEEKS OF EMOTIONAL CIVIL TRIAL INVOLVING WITNESSES AND EXPERTS. THE JURORS DECIDED TO AWARD 176 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES TO THE AND HER FAMILY. MARK AND JACOB IS CANDOR, BOTH 11 8 YEARS OLD, WE'RE CROSSING THE STREET WITH THEIR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS IN WESTLAKE VILLAGE SEPTEMBER OF 2020 ONE FATALLY STRUCK BY GROSSMAN'S SUV.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE IS KINDER FAMILY SAID GROSSMAN AND ERICSSON WE'RE HAVING COCKTAILS THAT NIGHT AND THEN HAD A SPEEDING CONTESTS REACHING UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. BOTH CONTRIBUTING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE BOYS DEATHS. KTLA LEGAL ANALYSTS ALISON TRIESSL.
THERE'S NO QUESTION HERE THAT THIS WAS NOT ONLY A HIGH PROFILE CASE. IT WAS A VERY SAD CASE AND CERTAINLY THESE JURORS WORK WE'RE EMOTIONAL OVER. THE LOSS THAT THIS FAMILY SUFFERED IN LOSING THEIR 2 SMALL CHILDREN. DID THAT PLAY A FACTOR HOW MUCH THEY GAVE POTENTIALLY. THE JURY ALSO FOUND THAT GROSSMAN AND ERICSSON ACTED WITH MALICE, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A PUNITIVE DAMAGES PHASE OF TRIAL.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN PUNITIVE CAGE JUST YET. IN THAT PHASE. THIS FAMILY COULD BE AWARDED.
A LOT MORE THAN THE 176 MILLION DOLLARS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED. GROSSMAN WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED IN A CRIMINAL CASE SENTENCE IN 2024 TO 15 YEARS TO LIFE FOR 2 COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
AND THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CIVIL TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RESUME.