2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 19 - Evidence
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 19-1-70. Proof of negligence by plaintiff in certain motor vehicle cases.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 19-1-70 (2017)

The provisions of Chapter 5, Title 56 declaring prima facie speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any civil action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of the accident.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-7; 1952 Code Section 26-7; 1949 (46) 466.

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