Wiley v. Shank & Flattery, Inc.

TURNAGE, Judge.

Daniel Wiley filed a claim for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Law as a result of injuries sustained while he was employed by Jefferson Smurfit Corporation. While his claim for compensation was pending, Wiley filed this suit for common law tort against James Keeley, the Plant Superintendent of Jefferson Smurfit, and Neil Shank and Shank & Flattery, Inc., and Advantage Health Care, Inc., claiming that all those parties interfered with the medical treatment that he should have received for his injuries. The trial court dismissed the petition on the ground that Wiley’s…