When an employee, his personal representative or other person may have a right to recover damages for injury, loss of service or death from any person other than the employer, he may institute an action at law against such third person before an award is made under this title and prosecute it to its final determination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-550
Rights against third persons prior to award
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Kimmer v. Murata of America, Inc. (2006)
Most recently applied in Kimmer v. Murata of America, Inc. (December 2006)
1962 Code SECTION 72-122; 1952 Code SECTION 72-122; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-11; 1936 (39) 1231.
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