If there is more than one person wholly dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them and the persons partly dependent, if any, shall receive no part thereof. If there is no one wholly dependent and more than one person partially dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them according to the relative extent of their dependency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-9-130
Division of death benefit when there is more than one dependent
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Adams v. Texfi Industries (1995)
Most recently applied in York v. Longlands Plantation (June 2018)
1962 Code SECTION 72-163; 1952 Code SECTION 72-163; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-42; 1936 (39) 1231.
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