{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-81-130","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 15-81-130","heading":"Applicability of limitations granted successor.","body":"(A) The limitations of Section 15-81-140 apply to a corporation that is a successor and became a successor before January 1, 1972, or is a successor of that corporation's successors.\n(B) The limitations of Section 15-81-140 do not apply to:\n(1) workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee pursuant to Title 42, or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction;\n(2) a claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;\n(3) an insurance company, as defined in Chapter 1, Title 38;\n(4) an obligation pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement; or\n(5) a successor that after a merger or consolidation continued in the business of mining asbestos, in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers, or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products that were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor.","path":["Title 15 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 81 Successor Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c081.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:43:44Z","sha256":"08b94db371d232bcb2ea0584d3ffb200958c6a7ee94fe19f27dd8f0a79a21378","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-81-120","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-81-140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}