Manner of compensation, etc., provided by article exclusive.

No employee of any employer subject to this article, nor the personal representative, surviving spouse, or next of kin of any such employee shall have any right to any other method, form, or amount of compensation or damages for the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, or for injury, disability, loss of service, or death resulting from such disease, arising out of and in the course of employment, or determination thereof, in any manner other than as provided in this article.

(Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §39.)