{"id":"alj-H108590-2023-10-26","awcc_number":"H108590","decision_date":"2023-10-26","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Katrina Edwards","employer_name":"Dermott City Nursing Home","title":"EDWARDS VS. DERMOTT CITY NURSING HOME AWCC# H108590 OCTOBER 26, 2023","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:7","granted:2"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/EDWARDS_KATRINA_H108590_20231026.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"EDWARDS_KATRINA_H108590_20231026.pdf","text_length":2421,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H108590 \n \nKATRINA A. EDWARDS, EMPLOYEE                  CLAIMANT \n \nDERMOTT CITY NURSING HOME, EMPLOYER             RESPONDENT \n \nMUNICIPAL LEAGUE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION \nPROGRAM, CARRIER/TPA                       RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION FILED 26 OCTOBER 2023 \n \n \nHearing before Administrative Law Judge JayO. Howe in McGehee, Desha County, \nArkansas, on Wednesday, 26 October 2023. \n \nPro se claimant, Katrina A. Edwards, failed to appear. \n \nMs. Mary K. Edwards, Attorney-at-Law of North Little Rock, Arkansas, appeared \non behalf of respondents. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A  hearing  was  held  in  the  above-styled  matter  on  26  October 2023,  in  McGehee, \nArkansas,  on  Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss  this matter.   This claim  involves  an  alleged \nworkplace injury occurring on 26 August 2021.  \n A Form AR-C was filed with the Commission on 20 October 2021. On 5 August 2022, \nthe  respondents  moved  for  a  dismissal  without  prejudice  for  the  claimant’s  failure  to \nprosecute this claim. The claimant opposed that Motion by way of an email sent to the Clerk \nof the Commission on 31 August 2022.  In a letter dated 2 September 2022, the Commission \nstated that the Motion would be held in abeyance and issued Prehearing Questionnaires. \n A brief prehearing telephone conference was noted in an email to the parties dated 8 \nNovember 2022. That email recapitulated the claimant’s expressed intention to hire an \nattorney and set a follow-up conference on 13 December 2022. A subsequent email, dated 13 \n\nK. EDWARDS- H108590 \n2 \n \nDecember 2022, notes that the claimant failed to participate in the call. The respondents then \nrenewed their Motion to Dismiss on 11 August 2023. \nThe respondents appeared today to present their Motion to Dismiss, arguing that the \nclaimant  failed  to  prosecute  her  claim.  The  claimant  did  not  appear  to  argue  against \ndismissal. Based on the record, available evidence, and argument of counsel, I find that the \nMotion  to  Dismiss  should  be  granted  and  that  the  matter  should  be  dismissed  without \nprejudice.  \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above, I find that the Motion to Dismiss should be granted and that \nthis matter 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. H108590 KATRINA A. EDWARDS, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT DERMOTT CITY NURSING HOME, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAM, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED 26 OCTOBER 2023 Hearing before Administrative Law Judge JayO. Howe in McGehee, ...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T23:02:12.483Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H108590-2023-10-26","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/EDWARDS_KATRINA_H108590_20231026.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}