If any claim for compensation is made upon the theory that such claim, or the injury upon which the claim is based, is within the jurisdiction of the commission under the provisions of this title and if the commission, or the Supreme Court or court of appeals on appeal, shall adjudge that the claim is not within this title, the claimant, or if he dies his personal representative, shall have one year after the rendition of a final judgment in the case within which to commence an action at law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-650
Limitation of actions after claim erroneously made
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 72-22; 1952 Code SECTION 72-22; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-27; 1936 (39) 1231; 1999 Act No. 55, SECTION 44, eff June 1, 1999.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.