Roberts v. Barclay

JACKSON, Justice.

In the court below, plaintiff Roberts sued defendants Barclay and Beck, who were sub-contractor and general contractor respectively upon a construction project in Tulsa, for damages resulting from a fall from a scaffold, which occurred in the course of plaintiff’s employment with defendant Barclay.

Defendants filed demurrers to the petition which were sustained by the trial court for the reason that the court had no jurisdiction. It was the opinion of the court that the subject matter of this action was within the exclusive purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Oklahoma.