Except as to actions initiated under Section 15-3-545, all actions initiated under Section 15-3-530(5) must be commenced within three years after the person knew or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known that he had a cause of action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-535
Limitation on actions commenced under Section 15-3-530(5)
Applied in 42 court decisions — leading case Moriarty v. Garden Sanctuary Church of God (2000)
Most recently applied in Williams v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (October 2018)
1977 Act No. 182, SECTION 5; 1988 Act No. 432, SECTION 2.
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Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.