Any right of action given by this article to a person suffering injury shall survive to his personal representatives, for the benefit of (a) the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee, (b) if none, such employee's parents and (c) if none, then of the next of kin of such employee. But in such case there shall be only one recovery for the same injury.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3760
Survival of right of action
1962 Code SECTION 58-1235; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1235; 1942 Code SECTION 8371; 1932 Code SECTION 8371; Civ
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