The household of a girl killed when a 17-year-old driver crashed his father’s Lamborghini into her automobile in Los Angeles has reached an $18.85 million settlement within the case, attorneys introduced.
Monique Munoz, 32, was on her approach dwelling from work at a hospital on Feb. 17, 2021, when the Lamborghini SUV pushed by Brendan Khuri ran a pink gentle.
Prosecutors stated Khuri had been racing one other car and swerving out and in lanes at extra greater than 100 mph simply previous to colliding with Munoz’s automobile.
Munoz died on the scene of the collision close to the Westwood space of Los Angeles.
Khuri pleaded responsible to 1 depend of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and was sentenced final September to seven to 9 months in a juvenile camp and 4 months of probation.
Munoz’s household filed a civil lawsuit in September. The settlement reached this week will assist her family members “lastly get some closure for this horrific tragedy,” stated Daniel Ghyczy, an lawyer for the household.
“It was by no means about cash for the Munoz household, it was in regards to the acknowledgment of Brendan Khuri’s misconduct that resulted within the loss of life of their solely daughter and to make sure that he was held accountable. At the moment’s settlement is a testomony to their efforts and is a step nearer to justice,” Ghyczy stated in a press release.
Attorneys for Khuri’s household didn’t instantly return a telephone name Wednesday in search of touch upon the settlement.
The financial award might in the end exceed $25 million, attorneys for Munoz’s household stated. Throughout Wednesday’s listening to, the choose determined to proceed the case to a later date, when the household’s complete restitution will likely be decided.
Brendan Khuri had beforehand been cited for driving at extreme speeds, ensuing within the Lamborghini being impounded by the Beverly Hills Police Division. The SUV was returned to the teenager by his father much less inside two days, attorneys stated. The crash that killed Munoz occurred three months later.
Previous to the deadly crash, Brendan Khuri and his father, James Khuri, regularly posted to social media platforms displaying them dashing on floor streets in Los Angeles, attorneys stated.
James Khuri was charged with a misdemeanor for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A listening to in that case is scheduled for June 8.
Throughout the legal part of Brendan Khuri’s case, protection lawyer Mark Werksman had requested Los Angeles County Superior Court docket Decide Sabina Helton to condemn the teenager to probation.
Munoz’s family members stated the teenager ought to at the very least spend a while in a county juvenile camp and argued {that a} sentence of probation could be an injustice.
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