If an employee receives an injury for which a specific schedule of payments is provided by § 62-4-6; and the employee thereafter dies from causes other than the injury before the full payment of all installments due for the specific injury have been paid to the employee, the employer shall pay the balance due under the specific schedule of payments as provided in § 62-4-6, to the employee’s dependents as provided in §§ 62-4-12 to 62-4-22, inclusive.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4-11

  • employer: includes the state and any municipal corporation within the state or any political subdivision of this state, and any individual, firm, association, limited liability company, or corporation, or the receiver or trustee of the same, or the legal representative of a deceased employer, using the service of another for pay. See South Dakota Codified Laws 62-1-2

Source: SL 1957, ch 497; SDC Supp 1960, § 64.0403-1; SL 2008, ch 278, § 17.

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