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Groom of Folly Beach bride killed in golf cart crash accepts final settlement in wrongful death suit
The $160,000 insurer payout ends civil claims after a 2023 DUI crash killed Samantha Miller and severely injured her widower, who will receive about $104,000 after fees.
- On Tuesday a Charleston County order approved a final settlement ending the wrongful-death suit over the April 28, 2023 Folly Beach crash, authorizing Drive New Jersey Insurance Company to pay $160,000.
- After visiting multiple bars, Jamie Lee Komoroski allegedly had a 0.261 blood alcohol level and was driving 65 mph when she struck the golf cart, police said.
- Miller died from her injuries, Hutchinson suffered two broken legs, facial fractures and brain injuries, and he reached 2024 settlements totaling $863,000 with three bars and a car rental company.
- By entering the settlement, all claims between Jamie Lee Komoroski and Aric Hutchinson are now resolved, and an order filed Tuesday by Daniel R. Dalton approved it as in the estate's best interest.
- The estate later became contested when Lisa Miller challenged Hutchinson's status as personal representative, Taco Boy was dismissed from the suit in September, and Charleston County court records note this remains a developing story.
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Drunk driver's insurance paid groom $100K after new wife died in Folly Beach golf cart crash
The driver's insurance company of Jamie Komoroski is to pay $160,000 to Aric Hutchinson, whose wife, Samantha Miller (Hutchinson), was killed hours after their wedding in Folly Beach, South Carolina by an intoxicated Komoroski in April 2023.
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Final settlement reached in 2023 death of Folly Beach bride
A state circuit judge on Tuesday approved a final settlement in a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by a groom who lost his new bride in a DUI golf cart crash on Folly Beach in 2023. The post Final settlement reached in 2023 death of Folly Beach bride appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
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