{"id":"alj-G904164-2023-09-07","awcc_number":"G904164","decision_date":"2023-09-07","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Richmond Boyce","employer_name":null,"title":"BOYCE VS.CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AWCC# G904164 SEPTEMBER 7, 2023","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:5","granted:2"],"injury_keywords":["shoulder"],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads//BOYCE_RICHMOND_G904164_20230907.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"BOYCE_RICHMOND_G904164_20230907.pdf","text_length":2279,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. G904164 \n \nRICHMOND C. BOYCE, EMPLOYEE          CLAIMANT \n \nCITY OF LITTLE ROCK, EMPLOYER           RESPONDENT \n \nCITY OF LITTLE ROCK/RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES,  \nCARRIER/TPA                                    RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION FILED 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 \n \n \nHearing  before  Administrative  Law  Judge  JayO.  Howe  in  Little  Rock,  Pulaski \nCounty, Arkansas, on Wednesday, 6 September 2023. \n \nClaimant Richmond C. Boyce, pro se, did not appear. \n \nMs. Melissa Wood, Attorney-at-Law, of Little Rock, Arkansas, appeared on behalf \nof respondents. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A hearing was held in the above-styled matter on 6 September 2023, in Little Rock, \nArkansas,  on  respondents’ Motion  to  Dismiss.   This  claim  involves  an  alleged  workplace \ninjury occurring on 4 April 2019.  \n A  Form AR-C  was  filed  with  the  Commission  on  17  June  2019.    A  First  Report  of \nInjury was dated 8 April 2019 and it was filed, along with a Form 2, accepting a medical-only \nclaim for a right shoulder injury, on 3 July 2019.  The Medical Cost Containment Division \nentered a Change of Physician Order on 21 November 2019. \nThe  record  reflects  no  correspondence  or  action  thereafter  prior  to  the  respondents \nmoving for  a  dismissal of  this matter  for want  of prosecution.    That Motion was filed on  6 \nJuly 2023, and appropriate notice was sent accordingly.  The file, which was incorporated by \nreference at the hearing, reflects  a call received by the Legal Advisors Division on 14 July \n\n BOYCE- G904164 \n2 \n \n2023  during which the claimant  relayed  that no  additional  relief  was  being  sought  in  this \nmatter.  He did not lodge any formal objection to the dismissal or appear at the hearing.  \n Based  on  the  record,  available  evidence,  and  argument  of  counsel,  I  am  inclined  to \nfind  that  the  Motion  to  Dismiss  should  be  granted  and  the  matter  should  be  dismissed \nwithout prejudice.  \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above, I find that the Motion to Dismiss should be granted and this \nmatter should be dismissed without prejudice at this time.   \nSO ORDERED. \n \n      ____________________________ \n       JAYO. HOWE \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. G904164 RICHMOND C. BOYCE, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT CITY OF LITTLE ROCK/RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 Hearing before Administrative Law Judge JayO. Howe in Little Rock, Pul...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T23:02:31.265Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-G904164-2023-09-07","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads//BOYCE_RICHMOND_G904164_20230907.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}