{"id":"alj-H004172-2024-05-14","awcc_number":"H004172","decision_date":"2024-05-14","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Jacob Pringle","employer_name":null,"title":"PRINGLE VS. TOTAL PRECISION, INC.AWCC# H004172May 14, 2024","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:7"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/PRINGLE_JACOB_H004172_20240514.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"PRINGLE_JACOB_H004172_20240514.pdf","text_length":2706,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H004172 \n \nJACOB PRINGLE, EMPLOYEE     CLAIMANT \n \nTOTAL PRECISION, INC., EMPLOYER    RESPONDENT \n \nMARKEL SERVICE, servicing entity for \nFIRSTCOMP INSURANCE COMPANY    RESPONDENT \n \n           \n \n \nOPINION FILED MAY 14, 2024 \n \nHearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas on March 26, 2024. \n \nClaimant is pro se and failed to appear. \n \nRespondents are represented by their attorney, Randy P. Murphy, Little Rock, \nArkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n A hearing was held in the above styled matter on March 26, 2024, in Little Rock, \nArkansas on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute pursuant to A.C.A. \n11-9-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act.  The claimant \n\nwas pro se and failed to appear for the hearing.  The Claimant had filed a Form AR – C \nin March of 2023, through his attorney Daniel Wren, claiming entitlement to additional \nbenefits due to an injury of the small fifth finger of the right hand.  The claim was \naccepted.  An AR – 2 was filed on or about July 7, 2020, that did not provide any reason \nto controvert the claim. The claimant’s attorney, Daniel Wren, was allowed to withdraw \nby an Order of the Full Commission dated May 16, 2023.    \n A Motion to Dismiss was filed on or about January 23, 2024, requesting that the \nmatter be dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to A.C.A. 11-9-702(a) (4) and Rule \n099.13.  The claimant has not requested a hearing to date and more than six months \nhave passed since the filing of the original claim nor is there any record of him \ncontacting the Commission.   \n Appropriate notice was provided to the claimant notifying him that a hearing on \nthe Motion to Dismiss was set for March 26, 2024, in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The \nclaimant did not file a response and failed to appear on the hearing date.  At the time of \nthe hearing, Randy P. Murphy, appeared on behalf of the Respondents and asked that \nthe matter be dismissed for lack of prosecution. \n After a review of the record as a whole, to include all evidence properly before \nthe Commission, and having an opportunity to hear the statements of the attorney for \nthe Respondent, it is found that this matter should be dismissed without prejudice, for \nfailure to prosecute pursuant to A.C.A. 11-9-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Act. \n \n\nORDER \n Pursuant to the above statement of the case, there is no alternative but to \ndismiss this claim in its entirety, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute. \n \n      ____________________________ \n       JAMES D. KENNEDY \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H004172 JACOB PRINGLE, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT TOTAL PRECISION, INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT MARKEL SERVICE, servicing entity for FIRSTCOMP INSURANCE COMPANY RESPONDENT OPINION FILED MAY 14, 2024 Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Roc...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:54:14.324Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H004172-2024-05-14","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/PRINGLE_JACOB_H004172_20240514.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}