Fla. attack survivor, families settle suits

$300,000 to be split; 2 died in '98 beating

By Ludmilla Lelis
Special To The Baltimore Sun
Originally published October 3, 2001

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The families of the three Howard County men who died in a 1998 spring break brawl in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., will share a $300,000 settlement of their lawsuits against a condominium.
The lone survivor, Seth Qubeck, and the families of murder victims Kevans Hall and Matthew Wichita, will split the settlement - being paid by an insurance company - rather than pursue a trial in their separate lawsuits against the Ocean Palms Beach Club. The Maryland victims agreed to the settlement at a mediation session Sept. 26.

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