People v. Tommy A.

Opinion

NARES, J. —

This case, which involves restitution for a victim of criminal conduct by a juvenile delinquent, arose in May 2003 when then 16-year-old Tommy A., while driving a car belonging to Maribel Cardenas, one of his mother’s friends, without a driver’s license or permission, accidentally rear-ended the victim’s car and fled the scene. Cardenas’s insurance carrier fully paid the victim under a settlement agreement for her economic losses, which totaled $5,126.76. The victim signed a release of liability that expressly released Tommy of liability for “all claims, demands and causes…