25-5-118
Section 25-5-118 Rights and remedies as to exposures to hazards of occupational disease occurring prior to September 1, 1971. All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 1, 1971, to the hazards of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, while in the employ of the employer, shall be deemed for all purposes to be subject to the provisions of this article, and the employee, his personal representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents, and next of kin shall be entitled to compensation or other benefits and barred from other rights and remedies as provided in this article for exposures occurring after September 1, 1971. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §41.)...
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25-5-198
Section 25-5-198 Rights and remedies as to exposures to hazards of radiation occurring prior to September 7, 1967. All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 7, 1967, to the hazards of radiation while in the employ of the employer shall be deemed for all purposes to be subject to the provisions of this article, and the employee, his personal representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents, and next of kin shall be entitled to compensation, or other benefits and barred from other rights and remedies as provided in this article for exposures occurring after September 7, 1967. (Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §36.)...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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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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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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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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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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25-5-122
Section 25-5-122 Applicability of article. The provisions of this article shall apply to all cases of occupational disease, as defined in this article, or injury, disability, or death therefrom, in which the last exposure to hazards of such disease occurred after September 1, 1971, except as otherwise provided in this article. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379.)...
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25-5-116
Section 25-5-116 Which employer liable for compensation of employee; contribution. (a) If compensation is payable for an occupational disease other than pneumoconiosis or radiation, the only employer liable, if any, shall be the employer in whose employment the employee was last exposed to the hazards of the disease. The employer who is liable shall not be entitled to contribution from any other employer of the employee except one who furnished workers' compensation for the employee during the employment of last exposure. (b) If compensation is payable for pneumoconiosis or radiation, the only employer liable, if any, shall be the employer in whose employment the employee was last exposed in each of at least 12 months, within a period of five years prior to the date of the injury, to the hazards of the disease and, in addition, any employer who furnished workers' compensation coverage during this period. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §33.)...
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25-5-110
Section 25-5-110 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. A disease arising out of and in the course of employment, including occupational pneumoconiosis and occupational exposure to radiation as defined in subdivisions (2) and (3), respectively, of this section, which is due to hazards in excess of those ordinarily incident to employment in general and is peculiar to the occupation in which the employee is engaged but without regard to negligence or fault, if any, of the employer. A disease, including, but not limited to, loss of hearing due to noise, shall be deemed an occupational disease only if caused by a hazard recognized as peculiar to a particular trade, process, occupation, or employment as a direct result of exposure, over a period of time, to the normal working conditions of the trade, process, occupation, or employment. (2) OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS....
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