Alabamaworkers' comp filing deadline
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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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.
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.
About this entry
Some sub-elements of this entry (typically minor tolling, mental-disability tolling, or the leading case) haven't been independently verified. The notice and filing rules cited above ARE traced to the primary statute.
Attribution
- Last verified
- May 4, 2026
- Editorial review
- Statute linked to primary source