The term "disability" means incapacity because of injury to earn the wages which the employee was receiving at the time of injury in the same or any other employment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-120
"Disability" defined
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42-1-10–42-9-90 (216 sections).
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Dodge v. Bruccoli, Clark, Layman, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in Dozier v. American Red Cross (September 2014)
1962 Code SECTION 72-10; 1952 Code SECTION 72-10; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-2; 1936 (39) 1231.
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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.