S.C. Code Ann. § 42-13-60

Time for filing claims

Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law

The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Olheiser v. STATE EX REL. WORKERS COMP. (1994)

Most recently applied in Worker's Compensation Claim of Olheiser v. State ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division (January 1994)

1962 Code SECTION 72-285; 1969 (56) 685.

(a) In cases involving radiation injury or disability the time for filing claims shall not begin to run until:

(1) the employee sustains such injury or disability; and

(2) the employee knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, of the existence of the injury or disability and its possible relationship to his employment.

(b) The time for filing claims for benefits in the event of death shall not begin to run until the person entitled to file such claims knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, the possible relationship of the death to the employment.

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