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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Richardson finds the lower court improperly dismissed the workers’ complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. A fiber plant hired a crew of industrial custodians to clean up a room that uses large ovens to convert recycled plastics into polyester fibers. When a worker swept one large batch of plastic dust, the dust brushed against the oven and immediately ignited, engulfing the oven in a fireball. Moments later, the entire room was aflame. South Carolina law provides that certain workers’ compensation disputes are within the exclusive cognizance of the state Workers’ Compensation Commission, meaning that covered employees cannot bring common-law actions, like tort claims, to state courts. However, state law cannot circumscribe federal subject matter jurisdiction. Vacated.