Alabama Statutes
§ 25-5-87 — Preference of Right to Compensation, Etc
Alabama·Title 25 Industrial Relations and Labor·Ch. 5 Workers’ Compensation·Art. 3 Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment
The right to compensation and of compensation awarded any injured employee or for death claims to his dependents shall have the same preference against the assets of the employer as other unpaid wages for labor; but such compensation shall not become a lien upon the property of third persons by reason of such preference.
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Legislative History
(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7577; Code 1940, T. 26, §303.)