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25-5-119
Section 25-5-119 Computation of compensation and benefits payable under article. The
compensation payable for death or disability caused by an occupational disease, as defined
in this article, shall be computed in the same manner and in the same amounts as provided
in Article 3 of this chapter for computing compensation for disability or death resulting
from an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment and the medical, surgical,
hospital, and burial benefits payable under this article caused by said disease shall be computed
in the same manner and in the same amounts as provided in Article 3 of this chapter for computing
like benefits. The date of injury, as defined in Section 25-5-117, shall be considered
the date of the accident for determining the applicable medical, surgical, and hospital benefits,
the minimum and maximum weekly benefits and the limitation on the total amount of compensation
payable for such occupational disease. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379; Acts...
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25-5-68
Section 25-5-68 Maximum and minimum weekly compensation. (a) The compensation paid under
this article shall be not less than, except as otherwise provided in this article, 27 1/2
percent of the average weekly wage of the state as determined by the secretary, rounded to
the nearest dollar, pursuant to subsection (b) and, in any event, no more than 100 percent
of the average weekly wage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum compensation payable
for permanent partial disability shall be no more than the lesser of two hundred twenty dollars
($220) per week or 100 percent of the average weekly wage. (b) For the purpose of this section,
the average weekly wage of the state shall be determined by the secretary as follows: On or
before June 1 of each year, the total wages reported on contribution reports to the unemployment
compensation division of the department for the preceding calendar year shall be divided by
the average monthly number of insured workers, which shall be determined...
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25-5-199
Section 25-5-199 Computation of compensation and benefits payable under article. The
compensation payable for death or disability caused by occupational exposure to radiation
shall be computed in the same manner and in the same amounts as provided in Article 3 of this
chapter for computing compensation for disability or death resulting from an accident arising
out of and in the course of the employment, and the medical, surgical, hospital, and burial
benefits payable under this article caused by said exposure shall be computed in the same
manner and in the same amounts as provided in Article 3 of this chapter for computing like
benefits. The date of injury, as defined in Section 25-5-197, shall be considered the
date of the accident for determining the applicable medical, surgical, and hospital benefits,
the minimum and maximum weekly benefits and the limitation on the total amount of compensation
payable for occupational exposure to radiation. (Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245; Acts 1975,...
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25-5-57
Section 25-5-57 Compensation for disability. (a) Compensation schedule. Following is
the schedule of compensation: (1) TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY. For injury producing temporary
total disability, the compensation shall be 66 2/3 percent of the average weekly earnings
received at the time of injury, subject to a maximum and minimum weekly compensation as stated
in Section 25-5-68, but if at the time of injury the employee received average weekly
earnings of less than the minimum stated in Section 25-5-68, then he or she shall receive
the full amount of the average weekly earnings per week. This compensation shall be paid during
the time of the disability, but at the time as a temporary total disability shall become permanent,
compensation for the continued total disability shall be governed by (a)(4) of this section
with respect to permanent total disability. Payments are to be made at the intervals when
the earnings were payable, as nearly as may be, unless the parties otherwise agree....
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36-30-2
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount
of compensation. (a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter
who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department registered with the Alabama Forestry
Commission, or a rescue squad member is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, or dies
as a result of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or
dies as a direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke, his or her beneficiaries
or dependents shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) to be paid from the State Treasury as provided in Section 36-30-3, unless
such death was caused by the willful misconduct of the officer, firefighter, or rescue squad
member or was due to his or her own intoxication or his or her willful failure or refusal
to use safety appliances provided by his or her employer or his or her willful refusal or...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases
as used therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the
context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION.
The money benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and
4. The recovery which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter
is termed "recovery of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34.
"Compensation" does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine,
medical and surgical supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account
of an injury. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children
entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the
family of the deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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36-30-21
Section 36-30-21 Authorized. (a) If a law enforcement officer who qualifies for benefits
under the provisions of this article suffers disability as a result of a law enforcement officer's
occupational disease, his or her disability shall be compensable the same as any service-connected
disability under any law which provides benefits for the law enforcement officer or, if a
state law enforcement officer, under the state Employees' Retirement System, the same as if
injured in the line of duty. If a law enforcement officer who qualifies for benefits under
the provisions of this article dies as a result of a law enforcement officer's occupational
disease, his or her death shall be compensable to the same extent as the death of a law enforcement
officer killed in the line of duty; provided, that this article shall not apply to any municipality
which has elected to be covered by the workers' compensation laws of this state. (b) In order
to qualify for benefits under the provisions of this...
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25-5-117
Section 25-5-117 Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. (a) In case
of the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, or of injury or
disability resulting therefrom, a claim for compensation, as defined in Section 25-5-1,
shall be forever barred, unless within two years after the date of the injury, as hereinafter
defined, the parties shall have agreed upon the compensation payable under this article, or
unless within two years after the date of the injury, one of the parties shall have filed
a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88. In case of death, the claim shall
be forever barred, unless within two years after death, if death results proximately from
the occupational disease, as defined in this article, and death occurs within three years
of the date of the injury, as hereinafter defined, the parties have agreed upon the compensation
under this article, or unless within two years after death, one of the parties shall have...
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36-30-41
Section 36-30-41 Applicability; compensation for qualified firefighters; burden of proof.
(a) This article shall apply to firefighters who, upon entering the service of the state as
firefighters, have successfully passed a physical examination which failed to reveal any evidence
of a firefighter's occupational disease and who have completed at least three years' service
as firefighters. If a physical examination was not required at the time of entry into service,
a firefighter who completes an exam by January 1, 2013, shall be deemed eligible for benefits
under this section. (b) If a firefighter who qualifies for benefits under Chapter 29A,
or any other law, suffers disability as a result of a firefighter's occupational disease,
his or her disability shall be compensable the same as any service-connected disability under
any law which provides benefits for firefighters of the state injured in the line of duty.
If a firefighter who qualifies for benefits under this section dies as the...
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12-18-112
Section 12-18-112 Transfer of contributions and creditable service - District judge's
adjusted benefit formulas; spouse's benefits. In the event a member of the Judicial Retirement
Fund, who is a district judge, or a surviving spouse thereof, must employ and count creditable
service transferred under this article to qualify for retirement and/or benefits under the
fund, the benefits or allowances payable to such member or spouse shall be calculated as follows,
and shall be in lieu of any and all other rights, benefits and allowances, except social security
payments: (1) The annual service allowance payable to a retiring district judge shall be an
annual amount equal to the sum of: a. The amount which results when 90 percent of the retirement
benefits payable by the state to circuit judges on the date such district judge retires (as
is provided under Section 12-18-58) is multiplied by the ratio created when the member's
number of years of creditable service, excluding transferred...
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