Coston Paschal & Buesing Bros. Trucking, Inc. v. State

OPINION

Sommer, J.

This cause coming to be heard on the motion of the Respondent to dismiss, and the Court being fully advised in the premises,

Finds that the Claimant who was employed on a highway construction project was struck by a truck owned by Buesing Brothers Trucking, Inc. The Claimant’s employer, Civil Constructors Inc. paid the Claimant the sum of $272,872.59 in workers’ compensation. The Claimant has sued the trucking company in the circuit court and the State in the Court of Claims. The State bases its motion to dismiss on the principal that the workers’ compensation received by the…