A Michigan man who threw a woman on the ground in a traffic accident was ordered to pay $ 390,000

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan man who caused traumatic brain injury to a woman when he knocked her to the ground after a traffic accident has been ordered to pay more than $ 390,000 in medical restitution.

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

Alvarez had previously argued for no contest to attack with the intention of less serious bodily harm than murder.

Samantha Sutherlin, 24, had pulled into a Grand Rapids parking lot in February after some sort of rage that involved Alvarez when Alvarez threw her to the ground.

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

During the hearing, Alvarez apologized.

“Regardless of everything that was going on and what may have happened that night, nothing justifies my reactions. Samantha absolutely did not deserve the outcome that was going on, ”he said.

His attorney, John Beason, said that while Alvarez takes responsibility for his actions, he also said Sutherlin helped spark the altercation when she threw cans at Alvarez’s vehicle and tried to scare him off the road.