Posted on 04/27/2022 4:06:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The family of a woman killed in a West Los Angeles crash involving a speeding Lamborghini last year will receive at least $18.85 million after a wrongful death settlement was reached with the then 17-year-old driver, the family’s attorney announced Wednesday.
The law firm representing the family called the agreement one of the largest settlements in California history for a single plaintiff in a wrongful death case.
Monique Muñoz, 32, was killed on Feb. 17, 2021, when she was heading home from her job at UCLA Health.
She was heading west on Olympic Boulevard and was waiting to turn left on Overland Avenue when the driver of a Lamborghini SUV ran a red light and crashed into her vehicle going more than 100 mph.
The driver, Brendan Khuri, suffered moderate injuries and was hospitalized. He was arrested nearly a week after the deadly crash and eventually admitted to a gross vehicular manslaughter charge. Last October, he was sentenced to seven to nine months in a juvenile camp.
The defendant’s name was previously withheld because he was underage at the time of the crash. He is the son of James Khuri, a local wealthy entrepreneur.
Before the crash, Khuri and his father posted on social media engaging in “illegal speed exhibitions,” on L.A. surface streets, the family attorney, Daniel Ghyczy, said.
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This needs to be applied to every illegal alien drunk that kills someone while driving. Sue the family, sue their home country, and sue the disgusting Bidens.
“and was waiting to turn left”
No. She was in the process of turning lefi probably with a left turn green as the it was reported that dude in the opposing Lan ran a red light.
Handing a 17-year-old the key to a Lambo is worse than handing him a loaded gun.
When my kid comes of age he will be driving a Honda Fit, if I can afford it.
That is just wrong.
My first car was a well-used, out of production Metropolitan purchased by my father whom I had to repay!
I got my kid a 1997 Jeep Wrangler 4cyl 5speed at a Mecum Auction for when he turned 16.
* He needed to learn how to drive a stick because we have a bunch of manual shift cars.
* None of his friends knew how to drive a stick so no one would drive his car.
* 4 cylinder means it goes really slow
* It was cheap so if it got wrecked and totaled it wouldn’t be a big hit.
* When he might bump into something and bend a bumper, I could order replacement parts on line and replace them myself.
* It’s a fun convertible in summer, a 4wd snow stormer in winter.
Hard to go wrong!
I got a 67 dodge dart in 1973 cost my old man 350 passed it on to my brother the next yr
Handsome!
Though I don’t think a 16 year old boy would prefer that!!!
16 and learning to drive is a great time for kids but harrowing for the parents!
Best wishes to you and your soon to be driving children!
“Best wishes to you and your soon to be driving children!”
I am 75.
“”waiting to turn left “”
WAITING to turn left? She WAS TURNING left according to the video. Why on earth wasn’t the kid arrested at the scene instead of two weeks later?
“Though I don’t think a 16 year old boy would prefer that!!!”
We lived in a beach town. Panama City, Fla. Girls in bikinis would hail him from alongside the rode wanting rides thinking it was a beach service.
Good for this family.
But why do people always have to say “it was never about the money”?
The article says the judgment was against the kid. How does a 17-year-old pay an $18m judgment? It would be very unusual for an auto insurance policy to provide that much coverage. He would just file for bankruptcy and be done with it. I do think the father could have some liability for negligent entrustment, but the article doesn’t mention that.
Father started a business and has about $400 million in assets. Khuri is a near eastern Christian name.
Yes, but the judgment wasn't against the father.
My first car was a 1968 Volkswagon Beetle that topped out at 78 MPH.
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