A Los Angeles jury recently ordered Rebecca Grossman and former Dodger Scott Erickson to pay $198.17 million to the family of two boys killed in a crosswalk in Westlake Village.
Mark Iskander was 11. His brother Jacob was 8.
They were struck at about 80 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Their mother and younger brother watched it happen.
The jury found both Grossman and Erickson acted with malice — triggering a punitive phase that brought the total to $198 million.
Brian Panish represented the family.
"There is no celebration for the Iskander family," Panish said after the verdict.
The damages breakdown is worth studying.
$176 million was entirely non-economic.
No lost wages or medical bills.
Pure human loss — the value of two boys' lives, a mother who watched them die, a younger brother who will carry that for the rest of his life.
The jury put $69 million on the board just for what Nancy and Zachary Iskander witnessed.
That number tells you something about how this case was framed and argued.
Full coverage here — including the damages breakdown and what Panish said to the jury.
-The PI Brief