§23-4C-3. Payment of excess damages from fund.
Upon receipt of a final order of a court determining the liability under section two, article four of this chapter of a subscribing employer and the amount of the excess of damages over the amount received or receivable under this chapter, the executive director shall make disbursements from the employers' excess liability fund in the amounts and to the persons as directed by the final order. In the event of a proposed settlement of a disputed claim against a subscribing employer, the executive director, upon approving the settlement upon petition by the subscribing employer, shall make disbursements from the employers' excess liability fund in the amounts and to the persons specified in the approved settlement. In the event of the settlement of any disputed claim in which one or more of the persons entitled to the proceeds to be paid pursuant to the settlement is under a legal disability by reason of age, mental incapacity or other reason, the settlement, if required by other provisions of law to be approved by a circuit court, shall be approved by the circuit court of the county in which the person under disability is a resident or in which a civil action could be brought and maintained upon the claim, in addition to being approved by the commission as required by this section. The executive director shall by rule establish criteria and procedures for the settlement of all disputed claims.