MMP #57 - Broken Trust & The Unseen Villains
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Greg Parker's Liability in the Beach Family Boat Accident
A Parker's worker illegally sold Paul Murdock alcohol on February 23, 2019 just hours before Mallory Beach died. The clerk admitted to the mistake, the dream shop laws in South Carolina are very clear on this. Mark Tensley has argued that the illegal booze sale is not an anomaly for Parker's because the company's culture values speed and profit over accuracy. Just a year before the boat crash, the convenience store settled a separate lawsuit for another improper alcohol sale that led to another death in the same county. Greg Parker has spent millions of dollars on both his defense in the case and on lobbying at the Essie Statehouse so big business guys like himself can avoid liability.
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