Suits in Lake Murray deaths settled

Posted 6/14/18

Two lawsuits filed after a fatal Lake Murray accident that killed two have been settled out of court.

David Bruce Dyer was driving a powerboat near Dreher Island when it when it crashed into a …

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Suits in Lake Murray deaths settled

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Two lawsuits filed after a fatal Lake Murray accident that killed two have been settled out of court.

David Bruce Dyer was driving a powerboat near Dreher Island when it when it crashed into a bass boat April 21, 2017. The crash killed 37-year-old Danny Phillips and 28-year-old Shawn Lanier on the fishing boat.

A surviving passenger in the bass boat, Ashley Thomas Wannamaker filed a personal injury lawsuit against Dyer days after the crash. Lanier’s estate filed a wrongful death suit against Dyer.

The State newspaper reported that Richland County court records show two lawsuits were dismissed last week apparently after out-of-court settlements. The details of the settlements were not disclosed.

Dyer was cleared by the state Department of Natural Resources of any criminal wrongdoing in the crash.

An order was filed last week approving and sealing the settlement in Lanier’s wrongful death suit, court records show. The case was scheduled for a jury trial in November.

DNR investigators determined that Phillips, who failed to give way to Dyer’s boat and had alcohol and marijuana in his system at the time of the crash, was at fault.

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