Comedian's Family Settles With Walmart

The family of a comedian killed in a New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured Tracy Morgan last summer has settled a wrongful-death claim with Walmart.

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Performing at “Eddie Murphy: One Night Only,” at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The out-of-court settlement between Walmart Stores Inc. and the estate of James McNair is the first stemming from the June 7 crash, in which a Walmart truck slammed into a limo van carrying Morgan and others home from a show in Delaware.

Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident, according to his lawyer. Criminal charges against truck driver Kevin Roper are pending in state court in New Jersey. McNair, 62, of Peekskill, grew up with Morgan in Brooklyn and was a friend and mentor to him over the years.