Weldon Boyd will escape Scott Spivey wrongful death suit for now. What SC judge ruled
The wrongful death civil case against a North Myrtle Beach businessman and his friend has been put on pause while the two men wait to see whether they will be criminally indicted for shooting and killing a North Carolina man three years ago. Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. on Friday issued a 180-day stay in civil proceedings involving the death of Scott Spivey. Spivey’s sister, Jennifer Foley, filed the lawsuit against Weldon Boyd and Kenneth “Bradley” Williams for the death of the 33-year-old Tabor City man, who was shot and killed by Boyd and Williams after a road rage incident on Sept. 9, 2023, in Horry County. The lawsuit was expected to go to trial in December. Griffith heard arguments Wednesday to halt civil proceedings after Boyd and Williams filed a joint motion earlier this month asking for a stay. The stay was requested after Boyd and Williams learned “through sources” that a state grand jury’s inquiry into Horry County Police’s handling of the shooting investigation “has been expanded to encompass the conduct of defendants Boyd and Williams,” a court filing said. The motion asked for a stay of all proceedings, discovery, depositions, motion hearings, deadlines and trial settings in the
