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25-5-119
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 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2729, §18.)...
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25-5-68
for permanent partial and temporary total disability in connection with a disability scheduled
in subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 25-5-57 or except as provided in
subsection (f), shall the total amount of compensation payable for an accident or an occupational
disease exceed the product of 500 times the maximum weekly benefit applicable on the date
of the accident. (e) The minimum and maximum benefits that are in effect on the date of the
accident which results in injury or death shall be applicable for the full period during
which compensation is payable. (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the
compensation benefits payable to a surviving dependent child of a law enforcement officer
or firefighter who dies on or after January 1, 2018, as a result of injuries received while
engaged in the performance of his or her duties shall not discontinue at least until the dependent
child reaches the age of 18 years. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206;...
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25-5-199
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, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2729, §15.)...
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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
failure or refusal to use safety appliances provided by his or her employer or his or her willful
refusal or neglect to perform a statutory duty or any other willful violation of a law or
his or her willful breach of a reasonable rule or regulation governing the performance of
his or her duties or his or her employment of which rule or regulation he or she had knowledge.
Any peace officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or rescue squad member whose death
results proximately from an injury received while performing his or her duties shall,
for the purposes of this article, be deemed to have been killed while in the performance of
such duties. If the State Health Officer determines from all available evidence that a volunteer
firefighter, who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department registered with the
Alabama Forestry Commission, has become totally disabled as a result of any injury
received while engaged in the performance of his or her fire-fighting duties and...
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25-5-1
an artificial member of the body by accidental means. (8) INJURIES BY AN ACCIDENT ARISING OUT
OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT. Without otherwise affecting either the meaning or
interpretation of the clause, the clause does not cover workers except while engaged in or
about the premises where their services are being performed or where their service requires
their presence as a part of service at the time of the accident and during the hours of service
as workers. (9) INJURY. "Injury and personal injury"
shall mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment,
and shall not include a disease in any form, except for an occupational disease or where it
results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. Injury shall include physical
injury caused either by carpal tunnel syndrome disorder or by other cumulative trauma
disorder if either disorder arises out of and in the course of the employment, and breakage
or damage to eyeglasses, hearing aids,...
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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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