Judgment Denied For Insurer Over $3.8M Settlement Owed To Murdaugh Housekeeper Heirs

(June 20, 2024, 12:44 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge denied summary judgment to an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that it is entitled to recover the $3.8 million settlement paid to settle a claim brought by the estate of Alex Murdaugh’s former housekeeper, which the estate never received due to the purported fraud of Murdaugh and his alleged conspirators, finding that the federal court lacks jurisdiction to invalidate a state court-approved settlement....