Huffman v. C. C. Oliphant & Son, Inc.

McNEILLY, Justice:

This case involves a question of the Superior Court’s subject matter jurisdiction in a suit to compel payment of workmen’s compensation benefits under a compensation agreement. The Superior Court held that it had concurrent jurisdiction over the case along with the Industrial Accident Board (“Board”) and deferred to the exercise of jurisdiction by the Board. Therefore, the Superior Court dismissed plaintiff’s action therein. We reverse.

The basic facts underlying this controversy are quite simple. Plaintiff received a compensable injury in an industrial accident while working…