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AL Code § 25-5-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-64 - Partial Dependents.

Section 25-5-64Partial dependents. Any member of a class named in Section 25-5-62 who regularly derived part of his support from the earnings of the deceased workman at the time of his death and for a reasonable period of time immediately prior thereto shall be considered his partial dependent, and payment of compensation shall be made to such partial dependents in the order named. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7554; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26, §282.)
AL Code § 25-5-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-65 - Compensation of Orphans or Other Children.

Section 25-5-65Compensation of orphans or other children. In computing and paying compensation to orphans or other children, in all cases, only those under 18 years of age or those over 18 years of age who are physically or mentally incapacitated from earning shall be included; the former to receive compensation only during the time they are under 18, the latter for the time they are so incapacitated, within the applicable period for which benefits are payable. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7559; Code 1940, T. 26, §286; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §18.)
AL Code § 25-5-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-66 - Disposition of Compensation Upon Remarriage of Widow of Employee Who Has Another Dependent.

Section 25-5-66Disposition of compensation upon remarriage of widow of employee who has another dependent. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-445 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) In case of the remarriage of the surviving spouse of an employee who has another dependent, the unpaid balance of compensation, which would otherwise become due, shall be paid to the dependent or may, on approval by the court, be paid to some suitable person designated by the court for the use and benefit of the dependent. Payment to that person shall discharge the employer from any further liability. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the surviving spouse 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. (Code 1923, §7555; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §4; Code 1940, T. 26, §284; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §20; Act 2019-445, §1.)
AL Code § 25-5-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-67 - Burial Expenses.

Section 25-5-67Burial expenses. If death results to an employee as the result of an accident or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment, the employer shall pay, in addition to the medical and hospital expenses provided for in Section 25-5-77, the expenses of burial, not exceeding in amount six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500). If a dispute arises as to the reasonable value of the services rendered in connection with the burial, the same shall be approved by the court before payment after reasonable notice to interested parties as the court may require. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7557; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26, §285; Acts 1945, No. 469, p. 704; Acts 1957, No. 336, p. 437; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 272, p. 2289, §1; Acts 1971, No. 667, p. 1376, §5; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §17; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §21; Act 2014-240, p. 768, §1.)
AL Code § 25-5-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-69 - Compensation to Cease Upon Death or Marriage of Dependent; Proportional Benefits for Dependents.

Section 25-5-69Compensation to cease upon death or marriage of dependent; proportional benefits for dependents. (a) If compensation is being paid under this article to any dependent, the compensation shall cease upon the death or marriage of the dependent. Where compensation is being paid under this chapter to any dependent, in no event shall such dependent receive more than the proportion which the amount received of the deceased employee's income during his or her life bears to the compensation provided under this article. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the dependent is the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter who dies on or after January 1, 2018, as a result of injuries received in the performance of his or her duties. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7564; Code 1940, T. 26, §290; Act 2018-523, §2; Act 2019-445, §1.)
AL Code § 25-5-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-76 - Liability of Joint Employers.

Section 25-5-76Liability of joint employers. In case any employee for whose injury or death compensation is payable under this article shall, at the time of the injury, be employed and paid jointly by two or more employers subject to this chapter, such employers shall contribute the payment of such compensation in the proportion of their several earnings liability to such employee. If one or more, but not all of such employers, should be subject to this article, and otherwise subject to liability for compensation hereunder, then the liability of such of them as are so subject shall be to pay the proportion of the entire compensation which their proportionate earnings liability bears to the entire earnings of the employee. Nothing in this section shall prevent any arrangement between such employers for a different distribution, as between themselves, of the ultimate burden of such compensation. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7565; Code 1940, T. 26, §291.)
AL Code § 25-5-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-78 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Required.

Section 25-5-78Written notice to employer of accident - Required. For purposes of this article only, an injured employee or the employee's representative, within five days after the occurrence of an accident, shall give or cause to be given to the employer written notice of the accident. If the notice is not given, the employee or the employee's dependent shall not be entitled to physician's or medical fees nor any compensation which may have accrued under the terms of this article, unless it can be shown that the party required to give the notice had been prevented from doing so by reason of physical or mental incapacity, other than minority, fraud or deceit, or equal good reason. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no compensation shall be payable unless written notice is given within 90 days after the occurrence of the accident or, if death results, within 90 days after the death. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7568; Code 1940, T. 26, §294; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §24.)
AL Code § 25-5-79 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-79 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Service and Contents.

Section 25-5-79Written notice to employer of accident - Service and contents. The notice referred to in Section 25-5-78 may be served personally upon the employer or upon any agent of the employer upon whom a summons may be served in civil actions or by sending it by registered or certified mail to the employer at his last known residence or business place within the state and shall be substantially in the following form: "Notice - You are hereby notified that an injury was received by _____ who was in your employ at _____ while engaged as _____, under the superintendency of _____, on or about the _____ day of _____, 2 __, at about __ o'clock, __ m., and who is now located at _____ (give town, street and number), that so far as now known, the nature of the injury was _____ and that compensation may be claimed therefor. Signed _____ (giving address) _____ dated _____, 2__" No variation from this form shall be material if the notice is sufficient to advise the employer that a certain employee, by name, received a specified injury in the course of his employment on or about a specified time, at or near a certain place specified. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7569; Code 1940, T. 26, §295.)
AL Code § 25-5-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-80 - Limitation Period for Claims or Actions for Compensation.

Section 25-5-80Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. In case of a personal injury not involving cumulative physical stress, all claims for compensation under this article shall be forever barred unless within two years after the accident the parties shall have agreed upon the compensation payable under this article or unless within two years after the accident one of the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88. In cases involving personal injury due to cumulative physical stress, compensation under this article shall be forever barred 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 cases involving claims for lost earning capacity under Section 25-5-57(a)(3)i., other than those involving cumulative physical stress, following termination of employment as outlined therein, compensation under this article and Article 4 shall be forever barred unless brought within two years of the termination. In case of death, all claims for compensation shall be forever barred unless within two years after death, when the death results proximately from the accident within three years, the parties shall have agreed upon the compensation under this article or unless within two years after the death one of the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88. Where, however, payments of compensation, as distinguished from medical or vocational payments, have been made in any case, the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the time of making the last payment. In case of physical or mental incapacity, other than the minority of the injured person or his or her dependents, to perform or cause to be performed any act required within the time in this section specified, the period of limitation in any case shall be extended to become effective two years from the date when the incapacity ceases. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7570; Code 1940, T. 26, §296; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §9; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §25.)
AL Code § 25-5-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-82 - Compensation for Death to Be Paid Only to United States Residents.

Section 25-5-82Compensation for death to be paid only to United States residents. Compensation for the death of an employee shall be paid only to dependents who, at the time of the death of the injured employee, were actually residents of the United States. No right of action to recover damages for the death of an employee shall exist in favor or for the benefit of any person who was not a resident of the United States at the time of the death of such employee. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7572; Code 1940, T. 26, §298.)
AL Code § 25-5-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-83 - Commutation of Compensation to Lump Sum Payments.

Section 25-5-83Commutation of compensation to lump sum payments. By agreement of the parties and with approval of the court, the amounts of compensation payable periodically, under this article and Article 4 of this chapter, may be commuted to one or more lump sum payments. No commutation shall be approved by the court unless the court is satisfied that it is in the best interest of the employee or the employee's dependent, in case of death, to receive the compensation in a lump sum rather than in periodic payments. In making the commutations, the lump sum payment shall, in the aggregate, amount to a sum equal to the present value of all future installments of compensation calculated on a six percent basis. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7573; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §6; Code 1940, T. 26, §299; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1957, No. 336, p. 437; Acts 1969, No. 233, p. 557, §4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2729, §9; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §27.)
AL Code § 25-5-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-84 - Modification of Payments.

Section 25-5-84Modification of payments. All amounts paid by the employer and received by the employee or his dependents under settlements made under Section 25-5-56 shall be final, but the amount of any award payable periodically for more than six months may be modified at any time by agreement of the parties and approved by the court. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7574; Code 1940, T. 26, §300; Acts 1967, No. 168, p. 509, §5.)
AL Code § 25-5-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-85 - Procedure for and Effect of Payment of Compensation to Court Appointed Trustee.

Section 25-5-85Procedure for and effect of payment of compensation to court appointed trustee. At any time after the amount of an award has been agreed upon by the parties or found and ordered by the court, a sum equal to the present value of all future installments of compensation calculated on a six percent basis may, where death or the nature of the injury renders the amount of future payments certain, by leave of court, be paid by the employer to a bank or trust company of this state or a national bank doing business in this state to be approved and designated by the court, and the sum, together with all interest thereon, shall thereafter be held in trust for the employee or dependent of the employee, who shall have no further recourse against the employer. The payment of the sum by the employer, evidenced by the receipts in duplicate of the trustees, one of which shall be filed with the probate judge of the county in which the injury or death occurred and the other filed with the court, shall operate as a satisfaction of the award as to the employer, and the trustee designated by the court shall be allowed to pay itself from the fund a reasonable compensation for acting as the trustee, which compensation shall be fixed by the court in the order making the designation. Payments from the fund shall be made by the trustee in the same amounts and at the same time as are required in this article of the employer until the fund, after deducting the trustee's compensation as above provided, and interest shall be exhausted. In the appointment of the trustee, preference shall be given, in the discretion of the court, to the choice of the injured employee or the dependent of the deceased employee. If the right to receive compensation should terminate on account of death, becoming of age, or marriage, or for any other cause as provided in this article, the balance remaining in the bank or trust company after the termination should be returned by them to the employer, his or her successor, or assigns. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7575; Acts 1939, No. 149, p. 225; Code 1940, T. 26, §301; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §22; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §28.)
AL Code § 25-5-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-86 - Remedy for Default Upon Periodic Compensation Payments; Exemption of Compensation Claims, etc., From Garnishment, Etc.

Section 25-5-86Remedy for default upon periodic compensation payments; exemption of compensation claims, etc., from garnishment, etc. For purposes of this article and Article 4 of this chapter: (1) If the award, order, or settlement agreement is payable in installments and default has been made in the payment of an installment, the owner or interested party may, upon the expiration of 30 days from the default and upon five days' notice to the defaulting employer or defendant, move for a modification of the award or settlement agreement by ascertaining the present value of the case, including the 15 percent penalty provision of Section 25-5-59, under the rule of computation contained in Section 25-5-85, and upon which execution may issue. The defaulting employer may relieve itself of the execution by entering into a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the judge, securing the payment of all future installments, and forthwith paying all past due installments with interest and penalty thereon since due. The bond shall be recorded upon the minutes of the court. (2) Claims for compensation, awards, judgments, or agreements to pay compensation owned by an injured employee or his or her dependent shall not be assignable and shall be exempt from seizure or sale or garnishment for the payment of any debt or liability. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7576; Code 1940, T. 26, §302; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §29.)
AL Code § 25-5-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-87 - Preference of Right to Compensation, Etc.

Section 25-5-87Preference of right to compensation, etc. The right to compensation and of compensation awarded any injured employee or for death claims to his dependents shall have the same preference against the assets of the employer as other unpaid wages for labor; but such compensation shall not become a lien upon the property of third persons by reason of such preference. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7577; Code 1940, T. 26, §303.)
AL Code § 25-5-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-88 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Commencement of Action, Etc.

Section 25-5-88Proceedings for determination of disputed claims for compensation - Commencement of action, etc. Either party to a controversy arising under this article and Article 2 of this chapter may file a verified complaint in the circuit court of the county which would have jurisdiction of an action between the same parties arising out of tort, which shall set forth the names and residences of the parties and the circumstances relating to the employment at the time of the injury, with a full description of the injury, its nature and extent, the amount of the average earnings received by the employee which would affect his compensation under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, the knowledge of the employer of the injury or the notice to him thereof, which must be of the kind provided for in this article and Article 2 of this chapter and such other facts as may be necessary to enable the court to determine what, if any, compensation the employee or, in case of a deceased employee, his dependents, are entitled to under this article and Article 2 of this chapter. The complaint shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court, who shall cause summons to be issued thereon requiring the defendant to come in and answer said complaint within 30 days of the service thereof. Thereafter, said action shall proceed in accordance with and shall be governed by the same rules and statutes as govern civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this article and Article 2 of this chapter, and except that all civil actions filed hereunder shall be preferred actions and shall be set down and tried as expeditiously as possible. At the hearing or any adjournment thereof the court shall hear such witnesses as may be presented by each party, and in a summary manner without a jury, unless one is demanded to try the issue of willful misconduct on the part of the employee, shall decide the controversy. This determination shall be filed in writing with the clerk of said court, and judgment shall be entered thereon in the same manner as in civil actions tried in the said circuit court and shall contain a statement of the law and facts and conclusions as determined by said judge. Subsequent proceedings thereon shall only be for the recovery of moneys thereby determined to be due, but nothing in this section contained shall be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the Court of Civil Appeals to review questions of law by certiorari. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7578; Code 1940, T. 26, §304; Acts 1957, No. 350, p. 460.)
AL Code § 25-5-89 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-89 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Costs and Fees.

Section 25-5-89Proceedings for determination of disputed claims for compensation - Costs and fees. Costs may be awarded by said court in its discretion, and, when so awarded, the same costs shall be allowed, taxed and collected as for like services and proceedings in civil cases, but if it shall appear that the employer, prior to the commencement of the action, made to the person or persons entitled thereto a written offer of compensation in specific terms, which terms were in accordance with the provisions of this article and Article 2 of this chapter, then no costs shall be awarded or taxed against such employer. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7579; Code 1940, T. 26, §305.)