The heirs of a longtime Murdaugh family housekeeper who died 3 years ago in what was initially described as an accidental fall will receive money from a prior $4.3M settlement agreement that her estate's attorneys say was never paid.
As part of the fallout, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened a criminal probe into the death of Satterfield, who was 57 when she died from injuries sustained in a fall in the Murdaugh home, where she was a housekeeper and nanny for more than two decades.
In addition, attorneys for Satterfield's sons said, Fleming and his law firm insist"they — like others — were victims" of a"fraudulent scheme" perpetrated by Murdaugh, a personal injury attorney who was charged in September in connection withso that another son, Buster, could collect on a $10 million life insurance policy.
Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, the attorneys for Satterfield's sons, said the estate would"continue pursuing other culpable parties who resist acceptance of responsibility for their part in this tragic matter." The circumstances surrounding Satterfield's death were questioned last month by the Hampton County coroner, who requested her case be reopened because no autopsy was performed.
"On the death certificate, the manner of death was ruled 'natural,' which is inconsistent with injuries sustained in a trip and fall accident," the coroner wrote to state investigators.
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