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2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 42 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 42-1-440. Indemnity of principal contractor.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 42-1-440 (2021)
When the principal contractor is liable to pay compensation under any of Sections 42-1-400 to 42-1-450, he shall be entitled to indemnity from any person who would have been liable to pay compensation to the workmen independently of such sections or from an intermediate contractor, and have a cause of action therefor.
A principal contractor when sued by a workman of a subcontractor shall have the right to call in that subcontractor or any intermediate contractor or contractors as defendant or codefendant.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-115; 1952 Code Section 72-115; 1942 Code Section 7035-22; 1936 (39) 1231.
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