Truman Arnold Companies v. Miller County Circuit Court

| jPetitioner Truman Arnold Companies (“TAC”) seeks a writ of prohibition following the entry of an order by the Miller County Circuit Court denying its motion to dismiss the complaint of its former employee, Teresa Jones. TAC argues that the Workers’ Compensation Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to make factual inquiries regarding jurisdiction, which leaves the circuit court without jurisdiction, at this stage, over Jones’s claims against TAC for negligent supervision, retention, and hiring of a store manager who Jones alleges sexually harassed her. We grant the petition for writ of…