Hieb v. HOWELL'S CHILD CARE CENTER, INC.

ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Defendants argue that the Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over disbursement of the third party proceeds and therefore erred in not staying Judge Sitton’s order of distribution. Although defendants are correct in asserting that the Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over disbursement of the third party proceeds in this case, it does not follow that the Commission has the authority to stay a superior court order, even if that order were in error.

Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, recovery from a third party tortfeasor is generally distributed by the Industrial…