United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 636, AFL-CIO v. Abercrombie.

Opinion of the Court by

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This case concerns the application of the primary jurisdiction doctrine by the Intermediate Court of Appeals (“ICA”) to a lawsuit filed in circuit court by the United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (“UPW”), on behalf of the employees (“Employees”) it represents. UPW presents the following question: “Whether the ICA erred by ordering the circuit court to stay this case under the doctrine of ‘primary jurisdiction’ even though the claims are within the original jurisdiction of the circuit courts and do not present issues committed to…