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Ala. Code § 35-16-3 (2026)

Publication of Mortality Tables.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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The superintendent of insurance shall, within 10 days after final adjournment of each regular session of the Legislature, cause to be delivered to the Secretary of State the then current American experience and commissioners standard ordinary mortality tables, which the Secretary of State shall cause to be printed in the bound volume of the acts of the Legislature.

(Acts 1953, No. 459, p. 562, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1991–2003 · leading case: Werner Co. v. Williams, 871 So. 2d 845 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).
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Werner Co. v. Williams, 871 So. 2d 845 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “*859 Whether the Trial Court Erred by Failing to Properly Calculate the LumpSum Attorney Fee Awarded The company argues that the trial court failed to make a finding concerning the worker's age, failed to reference the mortality tables contained in Ala.Code 1975, § 35-16-3, and…”
Clark v. Container Corp. of Am., Inc., 589 So. 2d 184 (Ala. 1991). · cites it 2× “Subsequently, the legislature adopted statutes concerning mortality tables, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 35-16-3 and 35-16-4. Since the adoption of these statutes, this Court has reiterated that mortality tables are not conclusive evidence of the life expectancy of a particular person.”
ATEC Assocs., Inc. v. Stewart, 674 So. 2d 1296 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “While the record reflects that the trial court only used that figure for purposes of computing the lump-sum attorney’s fee, ATEC argues that the figure was not supported by any reasonable view of the evidence.”
Reddy v. Chappelle, 678 So. 2d 195 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “In Alabama, mortality tables have been adopted *197 by statute in §§ 35-16-3 and -4, Ala.Code 1975, and are used as an aid to the jury in computing damages in cases in which there is evidence of permanent injuries.”
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