S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-440

Indemnity of principal contractor

Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law

The act spans §§ 42-1-10 to 42-9-90 (216 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Eger v. E.I. Du Pont DeNemours Co. (1988)

Most recently applied in Miller v. Lawrence Robinson Trucking (November 1998)

1962 Code SECTION 72-115; 1952 Code SECTION 72-115; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-22; 1936 (39) 1231.

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When the principal contractor is liable to pay compensation under any of Sections 42-1-400 to 42-1-450, he shall be entitled to indemnity from any person who would have been liable to pay compensation to the workmen independently of such sections or from an intermediate contractor, and have a cause of action therefor.

A principal contractor when sued by a workman of a subcontractor shall have the right to call in that subcontractor or any intermediate contractor or contractors as defendant or codefendant.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.