{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-681","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 6-5-681","heading":"Applicability of Limitations.","body":"(a) The limitations in Section 6-5-682 apply to a corporation that is a successor and became a successor before January 1, 1972, or is any of that successor corporation’s successors.\n(b) The limitations in Section 6-5-682 do not apply to:\n(1) Workers’ compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under the laws of this state or a comparable workers’ compensation law of another jurisdiction.\n(2) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability.\n(3) An insurer, as defined in Section 27-1-2.\n(4) Any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement.\n(5) A successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos; in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers; or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products that were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor.","path":["Title 6 Civil Practice.","Chapter 5 Actions.","Article 35 Asbestos-Related Claims."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-5-681","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"8c7953eb2be7abb7e3093673806cb5499d109a544e96c10521cdec9bf782b64f","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-680","next":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-682"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}