{"id":"alj-G908247-2024-11-21","awcc_number":"G908247","decision_date":"2024-11-21","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Dakota Humphrey-Friend","employer_name":"Best Buy Stores Lp","title":"HUMPHREY-FRIEND VS. BEST BUY STORES LP AWCC# G908247 November 21, 2024","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:4","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HUMPHREY-FRIEND_DAKOTA_G908247_20241121.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"HUMPHREY-FRIEND_DAKOTA_G908247_20241121.pdf","text_length":2363,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. G908247 \n \nDAKOTA J. HUMPHREY-FRIEND, EMPLOYEE   CLAIMANT \n \nBEST BUY STORES LP, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nSEDGWICH CLAIMS MANAGEMET SERVICES, INC./INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION/ORDER FILED NOVEMBER 21, 2024 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant is represented by MATTHEW J. KETCHAM, Attorney, Fort Smith, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents are represented by JARROD PARRISH, Attorney, Little Rock Arkansas \n \nOPINION/ORDER \n \n On  August 24, 2023, claimant filed Form AR-C, alleging a compensable injury on December \n1, 2019.   Claimant was represented at the time by Matthew J. Ketcham, who remains his attorney of \nrecord.   \nOn April 22, 2024, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging that it had been more than \nsix months since claimant filed his Form AR-C with the Commission, but he had not made a request \nfor  a  hearing on  this  claim.  A  hearing  on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss was scheduled for \nNovember 7, 2024.  Notice of the scheduled hearing was sent to claimant by certified mail at the last \nknown address in the Commission’s file.  The notice was delivered to claimant on September  20, \n2024.    Claimant did not respond to respondent’s motion and did not appear in person at the hearing \non November 7, 2024, but Mr. Ketcham did appear on his behalf. \n\nHumphrey-Friend-G908247 \n \n2 \n \nFollowing  the  hearing,  respondents  submitted  a  post-trial  brief  in  support  of  its  Motion  to \nDismiss.  Claimant responded that after reviewing that brief, he did not object to a dismissal without \nprejudice.    \nI find it has been more than six months since prior to this hearing and that no request for a \nhearing  has  been  made  in  this  file.    After  my  review  of  the respondents’ motion and  brief,  the \nclaimant’s agreement to said motion, and all  other matters  properly  before  the  Commission,  I  find \nthat respondent’s Motion to Dismiss this claim should be and hereby is granted.  This dismissal is \npursuant to Commission Rule 099.13 and is without prejudice. \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n \n      _______________________________________                                                                                    \n      JOSEPH C. SELF \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. G908247 DAKOTA J. HUMPHREY-FRIEND, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT BEST BUY STORES LP, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT SEDGWICH CLAIMS MANAGEMET SERVICES, INC./INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED NOVEMBER 21, 2024 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, ...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:46:51.049Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-G908247-2024-11-21","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HUMPHREY-FRIEND_DAKOTA_G908247_20241121.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}