Schoemann v. Schoemann

|1KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiffs claim for medical expenses was dismissed by a judge of the Office of Worker’s Compensation Administration [O.W.C.A.] for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The O.W.C.A. reasoned that plaintiffs suit belongs in civil district court because it seeks enforcement of a prior district court judgment. Defendants appeal the dismissal, arguing that the plaintiffs claim should remain in the O.W.C.A. We affirm.

The procedural history of the litigation is relevant to the issue of subject matter jurisdiction. On November 25,1985, the plaintiff, Rudolph R. Schoemann, III, was…