Husband of bride who was killed on wedding night in an alleged DUI crash awarded $1.3 million in wrongful death settlement

Amy Simonson, CNN

(CNN) — The hubby of a bride who was killed connected their wedding nighttime successful an alleged DUI clang successful South Carolina was awarded conscionable complete $1.3 cardinal successful a partial settlement, according to tribunal documents.

Aric Hutchinson and his caller wife, Samantha Miller, were deed by an alleged drunk driver aft they near their reception successful Folly Beach, South Carolina, connected April 28, 2023, CNN antecedently reported. Miller was killed and Hutchinson received aggregate injuries.

A judge awarded Hutchinson astir $1.3 cardinal from Folly Beach Deli/The Drop In Bar & Deli, The Crab Shack, Beach Front Bars, Snapper Jacks, Progressive Northern Insurance Company and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, according to nan wrongful decease colony revenge connected June 19 successful nan Charleston County Court. The businesses allegedly served nan driver alcohol, while Enterprise rented her nan vehicle.

CNN reached retired to nan businesses named successful nan colony for comment.

Hutchinson besides revenge a wrongful decease suit against Jamie Lee Komoroski, who is accused of crashing a rented conveyance into a play cart carrying Hutchinson and his caller bride aft they drove distant from their wedding reception, CNN antecedently reported. Komoroski was charged pinch 1 count of reckless homicide and 3 counts of felony DUI resulting successful awesome bodily harm; she has pleaded not guilty.

CNN reached retired for remark connected nan suit from Komoroski’s lawyer but has not heard back.

In a study shared pinch CNN by nan Folly Beach Police Department past year, Komoroski was recovered to person had a humor intoxicant contented of 0.261%. South Carolina rule prohibits driving pinch a humor intoxicant contented of 0.08% aliases higher, CNN antecedently reported.

The settlements full astir $1.3 cardinal but will magnitude to little aft lawyer and ineligible fees are paid, according to tribunal documents.

According to tribunal documents, nan businesses listed beneath person been ordered to salary nan following:

The Crab Shack – $640,000

The Folly Deli/The Drop In Bar & Deli – $320,000

Beach Front Bars/Snapper Jack’s – $320,000

Progressive Northern Insurance Company – $75,000

Enterprise Rent-A-Car – $24,000

The bid approving nan partial colony did not incorporate immoderate findings aliases admittance of wrongdoing.