Alabama Code 31-3-7. Construction of chapter; decision of awarding authority to be final
Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-3-7
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
This chapter shall not be construed to give any person a right of action against the State of Alabama in any court for the recovery of the compensation authorized by this chapter. The decision of the awarding authority shall be final, and shall not be subject to appeal to or review by any court. Neither shall this chapter be construed to take away any right of action in any court under any other law for the recovery of damages for the death of an Alabama national guardsman; nor, in the event of the death of a guardsman who was an employee of the State of Alabama at the time of the injury which proximately caused his death, shall this chapter be construed to take away the right or privilege of the surviving dependents of such guardsman to file a claim for damages with the State Board of Adjustment pursuant to any other law.