GET RID OF IT ARKANSAS, INC. v. HUGHES

No. 06-1255.

247 S.W.3d 838 (2007)

GET RID OF IT ARKANSAS, INC., Petitioner, v. Shari HUGHES, individually and as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnathan Hughes, Jr., deceased; Johnathan Hughes, Sr., individually and as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnathan Hughes, Jr., deceased; AVCO Corporation, Inc., Glenn Thweatt; Faith Aviation, Inc., PTI Technologies, Inc., and Honorable David F. Guthrie, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., by: John E. Pruniski, III, and Quentin E. May, Little Rock, AR, for petitioner.

Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP, Little Rock, AR, by: Paul Byrd; Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP, Birmingham, AL, by: James J. Thompson, Jr., and Nolan E. Awbrey, Birmingham, AL, for respondents.


TOM GLAZE, Justice.

Get Rid of It Arkansas, Inc. ("Get Rid of It") petitions this court for a writ of prohibition in response to the circuit court's denial of its motion to dismiss. Get Rid of It argues that the circuit court does not have jurisdiction to decide whether the Workers' Compensation Act, codified at Ark.Code Ann. § 11-9-101 (Repl.2002 & Supp.2005), bars the negligence suit that has been filed by Respondents1 Shari...

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