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§ 58-20-7 Right of employees to enforce liability of insurance carrier--Inclusion of provision in policy.

SD Codified L § 58-20-7 (2019) (N/A)
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58-20-7. Right of employees to enforce liability of insurance carrier--Inclusion of provision in policy. Every policy of insurance issued by a stock insurer or by a mutual insurer shall contain a provision setting forth the right of the employees to enforce in their own names, either by at any time filing a separate claim or by at any time making the insurance carrier a party to the original claims, the liability of the insurance carrier in whole or in part for the payment of such compensation.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 29, § 7.

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