A store that sold Alex Murdaugh's son beer must pay $15 million to the family of a teen killed in a drunken boat crash.
A new "20/20" episode explores evidence investigators collected as they hunt for answers in the boat crash and other cases surrounding the Murdaugh family.The family of a teen killed in a boat crash, which prosecutors said began the financial downfall of double murderer Alex Murdaugh, has reached a $15 million deal to settle a lawsuit against a convenience store chain that sold Murdaugh's son alcohol while under age.
SEE MORE: Murdaugh murders: Disgraced South Carolina attorney found guilty in double murder of wife, son The settlement doesn't require Parker's Kitchen to admit responsibility in the case. A lawyer for the stores said owner Greg Parker felt like he had no choice but to settle because Alex Murdaugh and the chain would be tried together in the wrongful death suit.Under South Carolina law, even if the jury found Parker's Kitchen was only 1% responsible, since Murdaugh is now nearly broke, the chain with its deeper pockets would likely have to pay nearly the entire settlement.
Beach's family has already settled lawsuits with the family who held an oyster roast the group was attending, a bar that served Paul Murdaugh liquor just before the crash and Murdaugh's older brother, Buster. The crash also left Alex Murdaugh fearful of a wrongful death lawsuit. Prosecutors at his double murder trial earlier this year said he worried financial disclosures in the suit would show he was stealing millions from clients and his law firm for a decade.
Tinsley said that didn't make sense with Murdaugh's reputation and outward signs of wealth so he asked for records of all of Murdaugh's finances, a request being put before a judge at a June 10, 2021, hearing postponed after Murdaugh's son and wife were killed.
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