Kamloops man Jessie Simpson at a care home in Kamloops.

Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Sue Simpson

A judge is expected to decide later this week if the mother of a Kamloops man suffering long-term effects of a brutal beating with a baseball bat will get any cash from his attacker to help them care for him.

Kristopher Teichrieb brutally beat 18-year-old Jessie Simpson with a bat in 2016. Simpson was in a coma for months and left with severe brain damage.

Simpson later won a $6.9 million lawsuit against Teichrieb to recover costs for his ongoing healthcare, but it was never clear how he'd get the money or when, especially since he had already sold his home to his parents for $1.

But Jessie's mother, Sue Simpson, later claimed Teichrieb sold the home to hide the asset and she's hopeful a decision later this week will finally get her some financial help — and a small collection against the $6.9 million judgment.

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Her suit claimed the transfer was done in an effort to delay and hinder the recovery of damages and make sure Simpson couldn’t get the house. The claim states the transfer was a “fraudulent conveyance.”

"The mother in me keeps saying 'fight,'" Sue said. "I feel like I'm ready for justice for Jessie."

She's anticipating a decision on Thursday, Feb. 16, when a judge will decide whether the house was sold fraudulently.

Court documents say Teichrieb's home had a market value of $587,000 in 2017, which won't be accurate by the time of the 2023 decision. Of course, it's still far below the multi-million-dollar judgement.

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"Effectively it could be a dry judgement, not worth... the paper it's written on unless the defendant has assets anywhere," Simon Fraser University professor Shafik Bhalloo told iNFOnews.ca after the 2021 settlement.

Bhalloo said Simpson could go after Teichrieb’s house, but even if successful, any outstanding mortgage will be paid to the bank before Simpson got anything.

Teichrieb was given his statutory release in 2021 once he completed two-thirds of his sentence for aggravated assault. If he's working, some of his wages may be garnished to pay the massive settlement, Bhalloo said.

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Jessie is now 25 years old and spends nearly all of his time in a bed, where he needs care around the clock.

"He's frustrated he can't stand and he says that to me daily," Sue said. "Mentally, he's OK but he's hurt. He's been in a bed for six years."

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