Alabama · workers' compensation
Alabama workers' comp filing deadline
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Notice to employer
Written notice within 5 days; absolute bar at 90 days unless employer had actual knowledge or notice excused for incapacity, fraud, or equal good reason (§25-5-78)
Filing with the state
Claim or verified complaint must be filed within 2 years of date of injury, or within 2 years of last compensation payment (§25-5-80; §25-5-117 for occupational disease)
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Exceptions and tolling
Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in Alabama:
Occupational disease — last injurious exposure
§25-5-117 ties occupational disease 2-year clock to date of injury, which courts treat as date of last injurious exposure for cumulative/disease claims.
Minor tolling
Pending
Mental / disability tolling
Notice period excused for physical or mental incapacity per §25-5-78; filing tolling: Pending
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 2 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.
Leading case
Pending
Pending
Pending
About this entry
Some sub-elements of this entry (typically minor tolling, mental-disability tolling, or the leading case) haven't been independently verified.
Attribution
- Primary source
- https://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/coatoc.htm