Opinion ID: 2461720
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Heading: motion to dismiss plaintiff's petition for damages

Text: Jay Truck Driver Training Centers, Inc. moves the Court for its Order dismissing plaintiff's Petition for Damages, and as grounds therefor states: 1. Plaintiff makes claims for personal injuries arising out of a fall on some stairs located at Jay Truck Driver Training Centers, Inc. 2. There is a disputed question of fact whether or not plaintiff was an employee of Jay Truck Driver Training Centers, Inc. and sustained an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment at the time of his alleged fall which would trigger the jurisdiction of the Workers' Compensation Commission. 3. The Workers' Compensation Commission has exclusive and original jurisdiction over claims for injuries covered by the Workers' Compensation Act, and it also has exclusive and original jurisdiction to determine fact issues establishing its jurisdiction. WHEREFORE, Jay Truck Driver Training Centers, Inc. moves the Court for its Order dismissing plaintiff's Petition for Damages, for its costs herein expended, and for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and appropriate. The statements of the trial judge during oral argument on the motion to dismiss indicate that the dismissal may have been based on a finding that Jones was an employee of Jay when injured and not on the basis (raised in the motion) that the court was without jurisdiction to decide such question. We can say with certainty from its face that the motion to dismiss did not raise the question whether plaintiff Jones was the employee of Jay when injured and that we cannot rule the question on the record before us on appeal. The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to permit Jay to plead again and for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. All concur.