A Michigan man who threw the woman to the ground in a road rage incident has ordered to pay $ 390,000

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A man from Michigan who caused a woman to suffer a brain injury when he knocked her to the ground after a road rage incident was ordered to pay more than $ 390,000 for medical restitution.

The fine was imposed on Wednesday by a judge during a hearing in which 25-year-old Eric Anthony Alvarez was sentenced to “executed time” after spending 321 days in prison and on probation for five years, Grand Rapids Press reported.

Previously, Alvarez did not plead for any attack with the intention of causing more bodily harm than murder.

Samantha Sutherlin, 24, had entered a Grand Rapids parking lot in February after a type of road rage incident involving Alvarez when Alvarez threw her to the ground.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Sutherlin’s mother, Shellie Sutherlin, said doctors were forced to remove part of her daughter’s skull because of the swelling and that Sutherlin had suffered two strokes. The mother said her husband had to quit his job to take care of his daughter and two young children.

During the meeting, Alvarez apologized.

“Regardless of everything that happened and what could have happened that night, nothing justifies any of my reactions. Samantha certainly doesn’t deserve the result, “he said.

His lawyer, John Beason, said that while Alvarez took responsibility for his actions, he also said Sutherlin helped instigate the altercation when she threw pop cans into Alvarez’s vehicle and tried to flee him. from the road.