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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

Store that sold Alex Murdaugh's son beer must pay $15 million to family of teen killed in boat crash

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The family of a teen killed in a boat crash, which prosecutors said begin 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.

Sunday's deal came after a judge refused to allow the Parker's Kitchen chain to be separated from Murdaugh in a wrongful death trial next month in Hampton County, South Carolina, where Murdaugh was once a powerful and well-known attorney.

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