The $220 per week cap is patently unfair and unjust to injured workers. As your article notes, the cap was instituted three decades ago. It creates numerous issues. For one, the cap is unfair to workers with high pre-injury earnings. Second, the impact of the cap causes families of partially disabled workers to subsist below the poverty level. Will the Alabama Supreme Court ultimately agree with the trial judge that the Act is unconstitutional? Probably not. But, it is unjust. Hopefully, this decision leads to discussions where our legislature amends the Act to better serve its original purposes.
The $220 per week cap is patently unfair and unjust to injured workers. As your article notes, the cap was instituted three decades ago. It creates numerous issues. For one, the cap is unfair to workers with high pre-injury earnings. Second, the impact of the cap causes families of partially disabled workers to subsist below the poverty level. Will the Alabama Supreme Court ultimately agree with the trial judge that the Act is unconstitutional? Probably not. But, it is unjust. Hopefully, this decision leads to discussions where our legislature amends the Act to better serve its original purposes.