If an employee receives an injury for which a specific schedule of payments is provided by § 62-4-6; and the employee thereafter dies from causes other than the injury before the full payment of all installments due for the specific injury have been paid to the employee, the employer shall pay the balance due under the specific schedule of payments as provided in § 62-4-6, to the employee's dependents as provided in §§ 62-4-12 to 62-4-22, inclusive.
S.D. Codified Laws § 62-4-11
Specific bodily injuries--Death before full payment of installments--Payments to dependents
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Fredekind v. Trimac Ltd. (1997)
Most recently applied in Fredekind v. Trimac Ltd. (July 1997)
Source: SL 1957, ch 497; SDC Supp 1960, § 64.0403-1; SL 2008, ch 278, § 17.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.