{"id":"alj-H103764-2024-08-12","awcc_number":"H103764","decision_date":"2024-08-12","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Stephanie Barnett","employer_name":"Booneville Human Development Center","title":"BARNETT VS. BOONEVILLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER AWCC# H103764 August 12, 2024","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:2"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/BARNETT_STEPHANIE_H103764_20240812.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"BARNETT_STEPHANIE_H103764_20240812.pdf","text_length":2475,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n   \n CLAIM NO.  H103764 \n \nSTEPHANIE BARNETT,  Employee                                                             CLAIMANT \n \nBOONEVILLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Employer               RESPONDENT                                                              \n \nPUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION, Carrier                                   RESPONDENT \n \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER FILED AUGUST 12, 2024 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort Smith, \nSebastian County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant not represented by counsel and not appearing at hearing. \n \nRespondents   represented   by CHARLES  H.   MCLEMORE,  Attorney, Little   Rock, \nArkansas. \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER \n  \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondent’s Motion to \nDismiss. \n This claim involves an injury date of March 24, 2021.  On June 3, 2021, claimant \nfiled Form AR-C requesting additional compensation benefits.  A hearing was scheduled \non  the  claimant’s  claim  with  claimant  represented  by  Attorney  Michael  Hamby  for \nSeptember  27,  2021.    That  hearing  was  subsequently  canceled  due  to  health  issues \ninvolving Attorney Hamby. \nThereafter,  Attorney  Jarid  Kinder  began  representing  the  claimant.    Attorney \nKinder subsequently filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel on July 5, 2022, stating that \nclaimant had failed to maintain contact with him.  Attorney Kinder’s Motion to Withdraw \n\nBarnett – H103764 \n \n2 \n \nwas granted by the Full Commission in an Order filed July 15, 2022.  Since that time no \nfurther action has been taken to prosecute this claim and as a result, respondent filed a \nMotion to Dismiss on June 5, 2024. \nA hearing was scheduled on the respondent’s motion for August 5, 2024.   Notice \nof the hearing was sent to claimant at her last known address by certified mail and was \nreturned by the Post Office as “Unclaimed.”  Claimant did not appear at the hearing and \nhas not responded to the respondent’s motion. \n After my  review of  the  respondent’s motion,  the  claimant’s  failure  to  respond \nthereto, and all other matters properly before the Commission, I find that respondent’s \nmotion to dismiss this claim should be and hereby is granted.  This dismissal is pursuant \nto Commission Rule 099.13 and it is without prejudice. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n      _____________________________________ \n       GREGORY K. STEWART \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H103764 STEPHANIE BARNETT, Employee CLAIMANT BOONEVILLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Employer RESPONDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION, Carrier RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED AUGUST 12, 2024 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort ...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:49:58.519Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H103764-2024-08-12","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/BARNETT_STEPHANIE_H103764_20240812.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}