2014 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 20C - Civil Liability For Drug Dealers
§ 34-20C-5 Persons from whom damages recoverable.
34-20C-5. Persons from whom damages recoverable. Any person entitled to bring an action under § 34-20C-4 may seek damages from any of the following:
(1) Any person who knowingly distributed, or knowingly participated in the chain of distribution of, an illegal drug that was actually used by the user;
(2) Any person who knowingly participated in the illegal drug market if:
(a) The place of illegal drug activity by the user is within the illegal drug market target community of the defendant;
(b) The defendant's participation in the illegal drug market was connected with the same type of illegal drug used by the user; and
(c) The defendant participated in the illegal drug market at any time during the user's period of illegal drug use.
Source: SL 1997, ch 203, § 6.
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