REYNOLDS METAL CO. v. COURT OF CLARK COUNTY

No. CV-12-922.

428 S.W.3d 506 (2013)

2013 Ark. 287

REYNOLDS METAL COMPANY, Petitioner v. CIRCUIT COURT OF CLARK COUNTY and Billy C. Kirksey, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Berry, Moore & White, P.A., Arkadelphia, by: Rodney P. Moore ; Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, by: Edward M. Slaughter and H. Barret Marshall, Jr. ; and K & L Gates LLP, by: Michael J.R. Schalk and Gregory T. Sturges , for petitioner.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: David A. Curran , Ass't Att'y Gen., for respondent Circuit Court of Clark County, Arkansas.

Robert S. Tschiemer ; and Edward O. Moody, P.A., by: Edward O. Moody , Little Rock, for respondent Billy C. Kirksey.

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


COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, Justice.

Petitioner Reynolds Metal Company (Reynolds) filed in this court a petition for writ of prohibition following the entry of an order by the Clark County Circuit Court denying its motion to dismiss the complaint of its former employee, respondent Billy C. Kirksey. Under the exclusive-remedy doctrine provided under the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Act, Reynolds contends that the circuit court lacks jurisdiction over the common-law...

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