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Minn. Stat. § 176.175

RIGHT TO COMPENSATION, AWARD.

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case In Re Gagne (1994)

Most recently applied in Johnson v. Iannacone (August 2004)

1953 c 755 s 21; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 212 s 1; 2024 c 114 art 3 s 30; 2025 c 27 art 1 s 6

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Subdivision 1. Preferred claim.

The right to compensation and all compensation awarded any injured employee or for death claims to dependents have the same preference against the assets of the employer as unpaid wages for labor. This compensation does not become a lien on the property of third persons by reason of this preference.

Subd. 2. Nonassignability.

No claim for compensation or settlement of a claim for compensation owned by an injured employee or dependents is assignable. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any claim for compensation owned by an injured employee or dependents is exempt from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability, up to a total amount of $10,000,000 per claim and subsequent award.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.