Lawsuits over the deadly 2019 crash of a boat believed to have been driven by the son of South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh have been settled, two lawyers familiar with the negotiations said Sunday.
A police report said that the passengers, all of whom were under the legal drinking age, were “grossly intoxicated” and that alcohol was found on the boat, authorities said. Paul Murdaugh is on security video purchasing alcohol that evening, and authorities believe he did so with the ID of his older brother, Richard Alexander “Buster” Murdaugh Jr.
"The unfairness of that caused Parker’s insurance carriers to resolve these suits to avoid paying the likely award intended to punish Alex Murdaugh," lawyer PK Shere said in a statement.
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