Jury Awards a $61 Million Verdict Against Drivers Responsible for the Death of a High School Baseball Player

The plaintiffs’ attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.

A Los Angeles County jury awarded $61 million to the parents of a high school baseball player in Torrance killed when his car was hit by two men engaged in a rage-fueled high-speed chase.

The family of Jesse Esphorst Jr., who was 16 when he was killed in a three-vehicle crash in 2017, will likely have trouble collecting all of the money. The driver who is believed to have instigated the chase, Tung Ming, is the son of a wealthy and well-connected family in China, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney. He has fled the United States.

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