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25-5-270
shall be fully disclosed to the prospective policyholder in writing in the amount of $100.00,
$200.00, $300.00, $400.00, $500.00, or increments of $500.00 up to a maximum of $2,500.00
per compensable claim. The policyholder exercising the deductible option shall choose only
one deductible amount. (b) If the policyholder exercises the option and chooses a deductible,
the insured employer shall be liable for the amount of the deductible for benefits paid for
each compensable claim of work injury suffered by an employee. The insurer shall pay
all or part of the deductible amount, whichever is applicable to a compensable claim, to the
person or medical provider entitled to the benefits conferred by this article and then seek
reimbursement from the insured employer for the applicable deductible amount. The payment
or nonpayment of deductible amounts by the insured employer to the insurer shall be treated
under the policy insuring the liability for workers' compensation in the same...
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25-5-115
Section 25-5-115 False written representation to employer as to previous compensation for occupational
disease. If an employee, at the time of or in the course of entering into the employment of
the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be paid, wilfully and falsely represented
himself in writing to such employer as not having previously been compensated in damages,
or under this article, because of occupational disease, as defined in this article, such employee,
his personal representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents, and next of kin
shall be barred from compensation or other benefits provided by this article or from recovery
at common law by statute, contract, or otherwise on account of occupational disease as defined
in this article, resulting from exposure to the hazards of such disease subsequent to such
representation and while in the employ of such employer. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379.)...
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36-30-40
Section 36-30-40 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance payable by the state for a firefighter on account
of his or her disability or to his or her dependents on account of his or her death, irrespective
of whether the same is payable under a pension law of the state or under some other law of
the state. (2) DISABILITY. Disability to perform duties as a firefighter. (3) FIREFIGHTER.
A person employed as a firefighter by the state. (4) FIREFIGHTER'S OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Any
condition or impairment of health caused by any of the following: a. Hypertension. b. Heart
disease. c. Respiratory disease. d. Cancer which manifests itself in a firefighter during
the period in which the firefighter is in the service of the state, provided the firefighter
demonstrates that he or she, while in the employ of the state, was exposed to a known carcinogen
which is reasonably linked to the disabling cancer, and the...
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25-5-114
Section 25-5-114 Rights and remedies of employees, etc., under article exclusive; civil and
criminal liability of employers, etc. The rights and remedies granted in this article shall
exclude all other rights and remedies of an employee, his personal representative,
parent, surviving spouse, dependents, or next of kin, at common law, by statute, contract,
or otherwise on account of the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in this
article, and on account of any injury, disability, loss of service, or death resulting
from an occupational disease, as defined in this article. Except as provided in this article,
no employer included within the terms of this chapter and no officer, director, agent, servant,
or employee of such employer shall be held civilly liable for the contraction of an occupational
disease, as defined in this article, or for injury, disability, loss of service, or
death of any employee due to an occupational disease while engaged in the service or business...
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27-19-22
Section 27-19-22 Optional policy provisions - Relation of earnings to insurance. (a) There
may be a provision as follows: "Relation of Earnings to Insurance: If the total monthly
amount of loss of time benefits promised for the same loss under all valid loss of time coverage
upon the insured, whether payable on a weekly or monthly basis, shall exceed the monthly earnings
of the insured at the time disability commenced or his average monthly earnings for the period
of two years immediately preceding a disability for which claim is made, whichever is the
greater, the insurer will be liable only for such proportionate amount of such benefits under
this policy as the amount of such monthly earnings or such average monthly earnings of the
insured bears to the total amount of monthly benefits for the same loss under all such coverage
upon the insured at the time such disability commences and for the return of such part of
the premiums paid during such two years as shall exceed the pro rata...
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45-37A-51.226
Section 45-37A-51.226 Extraordinary disability allowance. (a) Extraordinary disability allowance
for participants joining the system prior to January 1, 1989. (1) In the event a participant
who joins the system prior to January 1, 1989, shall become totally disabled to perform his
or her customary duties by reason of personal injury received as a result of
an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment in the service and occurring
at a definite time and place, then in the event such total disability shall continue until
the participant ceases to draw salary as an employee of the city, such disabled participant
shall be entitled to a monthly allowance from the fund equal to 70 percent of his or her monthly
salary at the time of the accident which resulted in such total disability, subject to the
offset for any workers' compensation benefit or other such disability benefit payable by the
city as set forth hereafter. (2) Benefits payable hereunder shall commence...
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45-37-123.102
Section 45-37-123.102 Disability retirement benefits. (a) Non-service connected disability
benefits. Subject to subsection (h), any member who, after accumulating 10 years of paid membership
time, experiences a total disability as a result of a non-service connected disability shall
be entitled to receive, at the time set forth in subsection (e), monthly disability retirement
benefits determined in accordance with Section 45-37-123.100, as though the disabled member
were entitled to a superannuation retirement benefit at the commencement of the disability;
however, there shall be a percentage reduction of such benefit to reflect early commencement
of the payment, such percentage to be based on the member's whole years from actual eligibility
for a superannuation retirement benefit, as set forth below. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the minimum monthly disability retirement benefit payable in connection with
a non-service connected disability shall be 50 percent of the...
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36-30-20
Section 36-30-20 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BENEFIT.
Any monetary allowance payable to a law enforcement officer by a city or county or by the
state or from a pension system established for the law enforcement officers of a city or county
or the state on account of his or her disability or to his or her dependents on account of
his or her death, irrespective of whether the same is payable under a pension law of the state
or under some other law of the state. (2) DISABILITY. Disability to perform duties as a law
enforcement officer. (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A full-time law enforcement officer with
the power of arrest who is employed with any state agency, department, board, commission,
or institution or a full-time law enforcement officer employed by any municipality or county
within this state. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Any...
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12-18-10
Section 12-18-10 Retirement and disability benefits of justices of Supreme Court, judges of
courts of appeals and judges of circuit courts; payment of benefits to spouses upon death
of justices or judges; call to active duty status of retired justices or judges; powers, duties,
compensation, etc., of retired justices or judges on active duty status; transfer of justices
or judges from active to inactive status, etc. (a) The retirement benefit payable to a justice
of the Supreme Court or judge of one of the courts of appeals retiring pursuant to subdivision
(2), (3), (4) or (5) of subsection (a) of Section 12-18-6 shall be 75 percent of the salary
prescribed by law for the position from which he retires, payable monthly for the rest of
his life. Such benefit shall continue to be 75 percent of his salary prescribed by law for
such position and shall change in amount as such salary is hereafter increased or decreased
by law and shall not be subject to writs of attachment or garnishment....
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25-5-8
foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its
contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of
Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the
business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for
workers' compensation benefits for injury of employees may be insured by any combination
of life, disability, accident, health, or other insurance provided that the coverages insure
without limitation or exclusion the workers' compensation benefits of this state. (b) Option
to operate as self-insurer. An employer subject to this chapter who elects not to insure his
or her liability thereunder shall furnish satisfactory proof to the secretary of his or her
financial ability to pay directly compensation in the amount and manner and...
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