Miller v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

CRANDALL, Judge.

Plaintiff,1 Allen Miller, brought a common law negligence action against defendant, McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He alleged he was injured on defendant’s parking lot when he slipped and fell on ice and water which had accumulated there. On motion of defendant, the trial court dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.2 We affirm.

Defendant claimed, in its motion, that plaintiff was employed by Contel Customer Support (Contel), a division of Continental Telephone Company of Missouri, to install and maintain defendant’s telecommunication system; that at the…