{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-1-550","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-550","heading":"Rights against third persons prior to award.","body":"When an employee, his personal representative or other person may have a right to recover damages for injury, loss of service or death from any person other than the employer, he may institute an action at law against such third person before an award is made under this title and prosecute it to its final determination.","path":["Title 42 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions","ARTICLE 3 Application and Effect of title"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t42c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:27:39Z","sha256":"6a001bc4a0760f301b6a45414b8d515fd16a21182a53cd6e636aa8111c2ec197","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-1-540","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-1-560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}