Missouri Jury Awards $745 Million in Death of Woman Struck by Driver Who Used Inhalants

Missouri Jury Awards $745 Million in Death of Woman Struck by Driver Who Used Inhalants
Louis Kloeppel, with Interface Construction, demolishes part of a damaged wall so repairs can begin at the Total Access Urgent Care in Chesterfield, Mo., on Oct. 19, 2020. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
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CLAYTON, Mo.—A Missouri jury has awarded $745 million to the parents of a young woman killed on a sidewalk outside an urgent care center by a driver who huffed nitrous oxide canisters right before the accident.

The verdict was reached Friday in the lawsuit brought by the parents of Marissa Politte, 25, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Politte was leaving her workplace at the Ballwin Total Access Urgent Care in St. Louis County on Oct. 18, 2020, when she was struck by an SUV.