Ex-Dodgers Pitcher Denies Racing in Fatal Crash Civil Trial

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson testified Monday in a Van Nuys courtroom that he was not racing his then-girlfriend Rebecca Grossman when her Mercedes SUV struck and killed two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk in September 2020. The civil trial, now in its 11th day, stems from the deaths of Mark Iskander, 11, and Jacob Iskander, 8, as their mother Nancy Iskander and the boys' father Karim seek damages from Grossman, Erickson, and her husband Peter Grossman.

Grossman, cofounder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was convicted in February 2024 of two counts each of second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, plus hit-and-run. She is serving a sentence of 15 years to life. The crash occurred on September 29, 2020, along Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive, a 45 mph zone. The boys were crossing with their family when Grossman's white Mercedes, traveling at 70 to 80 mph according to vehicle data, hit them. Mark died at the scene and Jacob later at the hospital. The vehicle's safety system stopped it about one-third of a mile away. Testing showed Grossman's blood-alcohol level at 0.08, California's legal limit, three...