{"id":"alj-H207041-2023-08-23","awcc_number":"H207041","decision_date":"2023-08-23","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Karen Wiggins","employer_name":"Dardanelle Regional LLC","title":"WIGGINS VS. DARDANELLE REGIONAL LLC AWCC# H207041 AUGUST 23, 2023","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/WIGGINS_KAREN_H208225_20230823.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"WIGGINS_KAREN_H208225_20230823.pdf","text_length":1857,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n   \n CLAIM NO.  H208225 \n \n \nKAREN WIGGINS, Employee                                                                        CLAIMANT                          \n \nDARDANELLE REGIONAL LLC, Employer                                            RESPONDENT                          \n \nARK. HOSPITAL ASSOC./RISK MGT. RESOURCES,                           RESPONDENT                          \nCarrier/TPA \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER FILED AUGUST 23, 2023 \n \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 JARROD PARRISH,  Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER \n  \n This  case  comes  on  for  review  following  a  hearing  on  respondent’s  Motion  to \nDismiss. \n On November 2, 2022, claimant filed Form AR-C requesting payment of additional \nmedical benefits for an injury which occurred on August 31, 2022.  No further action was \ntaken on that claim and on June 13, 2023, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss for Failure \nto  Prosecute.    A  hearing  on  respondent’s  motion  was  scheduled  for  August  14,  2023.  \nNotice of the hearing was sent to claimant by certified mail and delivered on July 5, 2023.  \nClaimant did not appear at the hearing. \n After  my  review  of  the  respondent’s  motion,  the  claimant’s  lack  of  response \nthereto,  and all  other  matters  properly  before  the  Commission,  I  find  that  respondent’s \n\nWiggins – H208225 \n \n2 \n \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      _____________________________________ \n       GREGORY K. STEWART \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H208225 KAREN WIGGINS, Employee CLAIMANT DARDANELLE REGIONAL LLC, Employer RESPONDENT ARK. HOSPITAL ASSOC./RISK MGT. RESOURCES, RESPONDENT Carrier/TPA OPINION/ORDER FILED AUGUST 23, 2023 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort Smi...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T23:04:15.875Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H207041-2023-08-23","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/WIGGINS_KAREN_H208225_20230823.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}