POROCEL CORPORATION v. CIRCUIT COURT OF SALINE COUNTY

No. 12-500.

2013 Ark. 172

POROCEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. CIRCUIT COURT OF SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, JR, RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered April 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Munson, Rowlett, Moore, & Boone, P.A. by: Jason Lee and Ashleigh Dale Phillips , for petitioner.

Edward O. Moody and Robert S. Tschiemer , for respondent Washington.

Martin Law Firm by: Mark L. Martin ; and Law Office of Brent M. Rosenthal, PC, by: Brent M. Rosenthal , for amicus curiae Arkansas AFL-CIO.


JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

Porocel Corporation petitions this court for a writ of prohibition in response to the Saline County Circuit Court's denial of its motion to dismiss. Porocel seeks to prevent the circuit court from exercising jurisdiction over the complaint of Booker T. Washington, Jr., on the grounds that the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission (the "Commission") had exclusive jurisdiction over the claims alleged in the circuit court and because Washington...

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