Code of Alabama
Article 16 - Contracts, Promises and Notes.
Section 6-5-282 - Breach of Contract - Ratable Compensation for Services.

When a person contracts for the performance of services by himself for a stipulated period of time and is prevented from full performance of the contract by sickness or death, he or his personal representative, as the case may be, may recover a ratable compensation for the service actually rendered, notwithstanding the entirety of the contract.