David Letterman is famous, among other things, for his Top 10 Lists. In these lists, Letterman counts backward from 10 to one, listing humorous observations on a variety of topics relevant to pop culture. Every lawyer who practices in the area of workers’ compensation law in Alabama could make a similar top 10 list regarding…
Ala. Code § 25-5-57(a)(3) sets forth a rather bizarre list of 34 body parts or combinations of body parts with a corresponding number of weeks a worker may be compensated if he is unfortunate enough to be injured while at work. Of course, compensation is never a dollar-for-dollar replacement of what the worker has lost….