McCarthy v. Pulaski County Circuit Court

Jim Hannah, Chief Justice.

Michael S. McCarthy petitions this court for a writ of prohibition asserting that the circuit court is wholly without jurisdiction to proceed in a case where he alleges that he enjoys immunity from suit as an employer under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Our jurisdiction is pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(a)(3).

On December 5, 2002, Carl Honeysuckle died of injuries suffered in an airplane accident while returning home from a business trip to Dallas. Carl was a passenger with McCarthy, who was piloting his single-engine plane to Little Rock, when the plane began to…