Nothing in Sections 42-1-400 to 42-1-450 shall be construed as preventing a workman from recovering compensation under this title from a subcontractor instead of from the principal contractor but he shall not collect from both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-450
Workman may recover from subcontractor
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 72-116; 1952 Code SECTION 72-116; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-22; 1936 (39) 1231.
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