Entergy Ark. Inc. v. Pope County Circuit Court (Majority, with Dissenting)
Annotate this CaseJess Clayton was working at a nuclear facility owned and operated by Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Entergy Operations, Inc. (collectively, Entergy) when he was injured by a falling steel beam. Clayton was an employee of Precision Surveillance Corporation at the time of the accident. Clayton sued Entergy and DP Engineering, Ltd., which was retained to provide engineering advice regarding the crane. Entergy and DP both filed motions to dismiss. The circuit court denied the motions. Entergy and DP petitioned for writ of prohibition, claiming that the circuit court was precluded from exercising jurisdiction over Clayton’s claims because jurisdiction lay exclusively with the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission to determine the applicability of the Workers’ Compensation Act. The Supreme Court granted the petitions,, holding that the circuit court acted without jurisdiction in deciding whether an employer-employee relationship existed between Walter, Entergy, and DP, as these determinations lay exclusively with the Commission.
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