{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-9-340","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 42-9-340","heading":"Effect of payment in good faith to junior dependents.","body":"Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another dependent shall protect and discharge the employer, unless and until such dependent prior in right shall have given notice of his claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he may apply to the commission to decide between them.","path":["Title 42 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION","CHAPTER 9 Compensation and Payment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t42c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:27:59Z","sha256":"754208619125420d960e3feda690984bca24e61e621f1a41e9c59d56a1c4bb7f","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-9-330","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-42-9-350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}