Code of Alabama
Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.
Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.

Section 25-5-50 - Applicability; Exemptions; Coverage for School Boards, Volunteer Fire Departments, and Rescue Squads; Sports Officials. - (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall...

Section 25-5-51 - Right to Compensation for Injuries or Death; Grounds for Denial of Compensation. - If an employer is subject to this article, compensation, according...

Section 25-5-52 - Manner of Compensation, etc., Provided by Chapter Exclusive. - Except as provided in this chapter, no employee of any...

Section 25-5-53 - Rights and Remedies of Employees, etc., Exclusive; Civil and Criminal Liability of Employers, Etc. - The rights and remedies granted in this chapter to an...

Section 25-5-54 - Presumptions as to Applicability and Acceptance of Provisions of Articles. - Every employer and employee, except as otherwise specifically provided in...

Section 25-5-55 - Rights and Powers of Minors Under Article Generally; Effect of Payment of Awards to Minors. - For the purposes of this article and Article 4 of...

Section 25-5-56 - Settlements Between Parties. - The interested parties may settle all matters of benefits, whether...

Section 25-5-57 - Compensation for Disability. - (a) Compensation schedule. Following is the schedule of compensation: (1)...

Section 25-5-58 - Effect of Preexisting Injuries or Infirmities. - If the degree or duration of disability resulting from an...

Section 25-5-59 - Waiting Period for Compensation; Penalty for Overdue Compensation Payments. - (a) For purposes of this article, except for scheduled injuries...

Section 25-5-60 - Compensation for Death. - In death cases, where the death results proximately from the...

Section 25-5-61 - Persons Presumed Wholly Dependent. - For the purposes of this article, the following described persons...

Section 25-5-63 - Total Dependents - Maximum Compensation. - Total dependents shall be entitled to take compensation in the...

Section 25-5-62 - Total Dependents - Designated; Order of Compensation. - A wife, child, husband, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother,...

Section 25-5-64 - Partial Dependents. - Any member of a class named in Section 25-5-62 who...

Section 25-5-65 - Compensation of Orphans or Other Children. - In computing and paying compensation to orphans or other children,...

Section 25-5-66 - Disposition of Compensation Upon Remarriage of Widow of Employee Who Has Another Dependent. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-445 IN THE 2019...

Section 25-5-67 - Burial Expenses. - If death results to an employee as the result of...

Section 25-5-68 - Maximum and Minimum Weekly Compensation. - (a) The compensation paid under this article shall be not...

Section 25-5-69 - Compensation to Cease Upon Death or Marriage of Dependent; Proportional Benefits for Dependents. - (a) If compensation is being paid under this article to...

Section 25-5-76 - Liability of Joint Employers. - In case any employee for whose injury or death compensation...

Section 25-5-77 - Expenses of Medical and Surgical Treatment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Medicine, etc.; Medical Examinations; Review by Ombudsman of Medical Services. - (a) In addition to the compensation provided in this article...

Section 25-5-78 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Required. - For purposes of this article only, an injured employee or...

Section 25-5-79 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Service and Contents. - The notice referred to in Section 25-5-78 may be served...

Section 25-5-80 - Limitation Period for Claims or Actions for Compensation. - In case of a personal injury not involving cumulative physical...

Section 25-5-81 - Determination of Disputed Compensation Claims Generally. - (a) Commencement of action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In...

Section 25-5-82 - Compensation for Death to Be Paid Only to United States Residents. - Compensation for the death of an employee shall be paid...

Section 25-5-83 - Commutation of Compensation to Lump Sum Payments. - By agreement of the parties and with approval of the...

Section 25-5-84 - Modification of Payments. - All amounts paid by the employer and received by the...

Section 25-5-85 - Procedure for and Effect of Payment of Compensation to Court Appointed Trustee. - At any time after the amount of an award has...

Section 25-5-86 - Remedy for Default Upon Periodic Compensation Payments; Exemption of Compensation Claims, etc., From Garnishment, Etc. - For purposes of this article and Article 4 of this...

Section 25-5-87 - Preference of Right to Compensation, Etc. - The right to compensation and of compensation awarded any injured...

Section 25-5-88 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Commencement of Action, Etc. - Either party to a controversy arising under this article and...

Section 25-5-89 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Costs and Fees. - Costs may be awarded by said court in its discretion,...

Section 25-5-90 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Attorney's Fees. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no part of...

Section 25-5-91 - Forwarding of Copy of Judgment, etc., to Probate Court; Creation of Judgment Lien. - Whenever any decision or order is made and filed by...

Section 25-5-92 - Discharge of Lien Upon Judgment Payable Periodically. - When the judgment, however, is for a sum not due,...

Section 25-5-93 - Judgments Discharged and Marked Satisfied Upon Proof of Release or Satisfaction of Judgment. - Any judgment entered under the provisions of this article and...