COLUMBIA, S.C.—The family of a teen killed in a boat crash, which prosecutors say 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 Mr. Murdaugh’s son alcohol while underage.
Sunday’s deal came after a judge refused to allow the Parker’s Kitchen chain to be separated from Mr. Murdaugh in a wrongful death trial next month in Hampton County, South Carolina, where Murdaugh was once a powerful and well-known attorney.
Mr. Murdaugh is serving a life sentence without parole the 2021 killing of his wife and the son involved in the drunken boat crash….