Alabama Workers' Comp Blawg

  • 22
  • Sep
  • 2008

CAUSATION

Ex parte McInish , --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4097593 (Ala. 2008): A claimant brought an action against his employer seeking workers' compensation benefits for injuries he allegedly …

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  • 22
  • Sep
  • 2008

ATTACK ON THE $220 CAP

Alabama Code §25-5-68 caps recovery of permanent partial disability benefits ("PPD") to injured workers to a maximum of $220 per week. Under Alabama’s workers’ compensation laws, …

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  • 22
  • Sep
  • 2008

ELECTIONS

In 1992, after many concessions from both trial lawyers and business interests, the Alabama Legislature passed the Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 1992. The goal was to reduce…

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