Lawyer urges multimillion-dollar verdict against Grossman and ex-Dodger in killing of two boys

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Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson were street racing and behaving like they were above the law when Grossman ran down two boys in a crosswalk, an attorney said Monday, adding that a “day of reckoning” is coming for the pair.In closing arguments in the multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the former Dodgers pitcher, attorney Brian Panish asked for jurors to hold them accountable in the deaths of the Iskander brothers.Grossman was convicted in February 2024 of striking and killing Mark, 11, and 8-year-old Jacob in a Westlake Village crosswalk.

“It’s not an accident when you speed, and you drink, and you drive impaired,” Panish said.“Who would act like that except someone who thinks they can do whatever they want and there’s no consequences?” The civil case, which began in late April, went to the jury in Van Nuys on Monday afternoon, with lawyers for Grossman and Erickson telling jurors there was no evidence they were racing or impaired and, although the boys’ deaths were a tragedy, the evidence did not justify the hundreds of millions of dollars being sought.

Panish reminded jurors that witnesses testified that, in the September 2020 incident, Grossman and her then-lover Erickson were racing their respective Mercedes SUVs on the roads that surrounded the lake in Westlake Village.Erickson and Grossman had been drinking margaritas at a local cantina before they headed to Grossman’s home to watch a presidential debate.

“This case is about human beings and the safety of others,” Panish said.“When people make bad choices, there are consequences and people suffer.

And now a day of reckoning.” Panish represents the boys’ parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their surviving son, Zachary.Erickson and Grossman were driving separately down Triunfo Canyon Road in Westlake Village when Mark and...