Boat Crash Victim Gets $15M In Wrongful Death Settlement

Boat Crash Victim Gets $15M In Wrongful Death Settlement

Introduction

The family of a 19-year-old lady who perished on a boat owned by the well-known Murdaugh family in South Carolina in 2019 has struck a $15 million settlement deal with the proprietor of a convenience store.

The lady, who was 19, passed away on February 23, 2019, while sailing aboard the Murdaugh family's boat along the South Carolina coast, reportedly under the influence of alcohol. The boat was being driven by the son of a discredited attorney when it collided with a bridge close to Parris Island, throwing numerous people overboard.

Eight days later, a little more than five miles from the crash scene, the woman's body was discovered. The boat's operator is accused of buying alcohol earlier that day at a Parker's Corporation convenience shop without a valid ID using his mother's credit card and his elder brother's ID. In a wrongful death case, Parker's attorney reached a $15 million settlement with the family.

Additional boat passengers, according to the plaintiff's attorney, also resolved their lawsuits with Parker's. The Beach family and the lawsuit were settled in January. The boat driver was found guilty in a high-profile trial and given a life sentence for the slayings of his wife and kid in June 2021.

The fight in the suit is still not over for the woman's family. The [civil] conspiracy case is still pending, and the attorneys are eager to reveal the corruption and lengths to which Parker's was prepared to go in order to threaten and harass the family in an effort to weaken their resolve to hold those responsible for their daughter's avoidable death accountable.