If the user or consumer discovers the defect and is aware of the danger, and nevertheless proceeds unreasonably to make use of the product and is injured by it, he is barred from recovery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-73-20
Situation in which recovery shall be barred
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Koester v. Carolina Rental Center, Inc. (1994)
Most recently applied in Bragg v. Hi-Ranger, Inc. (September 1995)
1962 Code SECTION 66-372; 1974 (58) 2782.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.