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S.C. Code Ann. § 15-51-10 Civil action for wrongful act causing death
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Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the person wh…
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-51-20 Beneficiaries of action for wrongful death; by whom brought
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Every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife or husband and child or children of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and, if there be no such wife, husband, child or children, then for the benefit of the parent or parents, and if there be none such, then f…
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-51-210 When county is liable for damages for lynching
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In all cases of lynching when death ensues the county in which such lynching takes place shall, without regard to the conduct of the officers, be liable in exemplary damages of not less than two thousand dollars, to be recovered by action instituted in any court of competent juri…
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-51-30 Effect of illegitimacy
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In the event of the death of an illegitimate child or the mother of an illegitimate child by the wrongful or negligent act of another, such illegitimate child or the mother or father or the heirs at law or the distributees of such illegitimate child shall have the same rights and…
