Causes of action for and in respect to any and all injuries and trespasses to and upon real estate and any and all injuries to the person or to personal property shall survive both to and against the personal or real representative, as the case may be, of a deceased person and the legal representative of an insolvent person or a defunct or insolvent corporation, any law or rule to the contrary notwithstanding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-5-90
Survival of right of action
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case Tilley v. Pacesetter Corp. (2003)
Most recently applied in Estate of Sanders v. Jones (January 2019)
1962 Code SECTION 10-209; 1952 Code SECTION 10-209; 1942 Code SECTION 419; 1932 Code SECTION 419; Civ
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