Tumbas v. J.L. Mason Group, Inc.

CRANDALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Michael Tumbas, appeals from the trial court’s dismissal without prejudice of his personal injury action against defendant, J.L. Mason Group, Inc. (Mason), for lack of jurisdiction, upon a finding that plaintiff’s remedy was limited to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act. We affirm.

Plaintiff brought a common law negligence action for bodily injuries against Mason in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. In his petition, he alleged that he had sustained damages when he fell while painting new residential homes being constructed by Mason on property…