A jury of five men and four women officially began deliberations Wednesday in the graphically gruesome civil case between Vanessa Bryant and Los Angeles County.
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Hashmall urged the jury to consider evidence and not arguments or emotion, keeping in mind that first responders need latitude to do their jobs. Sometimes, she said first responders need to document the scene of an accident. . He recommended both plaintiffs be awarded $2.5 million each for their last 2.5 years of suffering and then should get up to $1 million for the rest of their lives – roughly 30 years for Chester and 40 for Bryant.
Li told the jury it was “up to you” to decide how much the county’s conduct has hurt Bryant. “She trusts that you will find what is a just and reasonable number,” Li told the jury.