Attorney hammers Peter Grossman, who concedes wife was drinking, speeding before she killed 2 boys
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A heated courtroom exchange erupted Monday in the critical punitive phase of the civil wrongful death trial against Rebecca Grossman and her former lover, onetime Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson.The co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the ex-major leaguer have already been found liable in the deaths of two young boys.
Now the jury is considering financial penalties on top of the $176 million that’s been awarded.On Monday, Grossman’s husband, Dr.Peter Grossman, took the witness stand for a second day.
The renowned plastic surgeon was questioned for hours by an attorney for the family of Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, who were struck and killed by Rebecca Grossman in 2020 in a Westlake Village crosswalk.Brian Panish questioned him about the family’s wealth and his wife’s responsibility in the boys’ deaths, then the surgeon offered an apology, saying that “the pain the Iskanders have had is enormous and there’s no words that are enough.All I can say is that I am very, very sorry.”But Panish was having none of it.
California Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson testified that he has little left of his career earnings as a jury considers whether to award further damages against him and his former lover after they were found liable for the car-crash deaths of two young brothers in Westlake Village.He hammered Grossman with questions about whether his wife had been drinking and racing with Erickson the night that she struck the boys with her Mercedes SUV at what experts testified was nearly 73 mph.Rebecca Grossman, 62, is currently serving 15 years to life for second-degree murder.Panish replied: “You never once said you were sorry before you came just now after the jury awarded the money against your wife, did you, sir?”“That is not true,” responded the doctor.Panish countered: “Do you admit your wife killed the two kids? Do you admit it? Yes or n...