CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A multimillion-dollar lawsuit is being filed by two people against those who they believe are responsible for a deadly car attack by the Downtown Mall.
NBC affiliate WVIR reports plaintiffs Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington have named 30 defendants in their lawsuit. Some of the defendants are James Alex Fields Jr., Jason Kessler and Vanguard America.
The sisters are seeking a trial by jury and a total of $3 million in damages, claiming Fields "deliberately slammed his car," into their vehicle along Fourth Street, which caused them to hit a crowd of protesters.
More than a dozen people were treated at the University of Virginia Medical Center, and Heather Heyer was pronounced dead at the hospital.
WVIR reports that while the sisters are recovering from their physical injuries, their mental health is suffering.
Fields currently faces one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit-and-run. He had been seen participating in white activist Kessler's Unite the Right Rally at Emancipation Park earlier in the day. Pictures showed Fields holding a Vanguard America shield.
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