{"id":"alj-H301670-2025-05-06","awcc_number":"H301670","decision_date":"2025-05-06","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Patricia Pearson","employer_name":"Goodwill Industries Of Ark. Inc","title":"PEARSON VS. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARK. INC. AWCC# H301670 May 06, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:6","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":["neck"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/PEARSON_PATRICIA_H301670_20250506.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"PEARSON_PATRICIA_H301670_20250506.pdf","text_length":2945,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H301670 \n \nPATRICIA PEARSON, EMPLOYEE            CLAIMANT \n \nGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARK. INC.,                         RESPONDENT \n \nATA WORKERS’ COMP SI TRUST/     \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES     RESPONDENT \n \n OPINION AND ORDER FILED May 6, 2025 \nThe Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas, was held on April 29, 2025. \nClaimant was pro-se and failed to appear. \nRespondents were represented by Melissa Wood, of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A hearing was held in the above styled matter on the 29\nth\n day of April 2025, in Little \nRock, Arkansas, on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute pursuant to \nArk. Code Ann. 11-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act.   \nThe claimant was pro se and failed to appear on her own behalf. The respondents were \nrepresented  by Melissa  Wood of  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  who introduced 10  pages  of \ndocuments that were admitted into the evidentiary record.  \n The documents included a First Report of Injury, which provided that the claimant \ninjured herself by moving boxes while driving a forklift and making a turn. An AR-N Form \nprovided that the accident occurred on February 14, 2023, when claimant was driving a \nfork-lift and clipped a pole. Some initial medical benefits were paid. The claimant filed an \nAR- C Form on or about March 13, 2023, which provided that the claimant had suffered \na  neck injury  to  an already existing  C-spine  injury. The AR-2 Form  provided  that  the \n\nPatricia Pearson – H301670 \n2 \n \nclaimed accident occurred on February 14, 2023, and that the claim was denied due to \nno acute objective findings. A Motion to Dismiss was mailed on or about March 3, 2025, \nasking that the claim be dismissed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann 11-9-702 and Rule 099.13 \nof the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission.   \n No  response  was  filed  by  the Claimant  so an appropriate  notice  of  a  Motion  to \nDismiss hearing was provided to the Claimant setting the hearing for April 29, 2025, at \n11:30 a.m., in Little Rock Arkansas.   \n A  hearing  was  held  on April 29, 2025, and  the  claimant failed  to  appear.  The \nRespondents  were  represented  by Melissa  Wood,  who  requested  that  the  matter  be \ndismissed pursuant to Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nand Ark. Code Ann. 11-9-702.   \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above statement of the case, as well as the documents entered \ninto the evidentiary record and statements by the Attorney for the Respondents, there is \nno alternative but to grant the Motion to Dismiss without prejudice pursuant to Rule 099.13 \nof the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission and Ark. Code Ann. 11-9-702.   \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n      ____________________________ \n                JAMES D. KENNEDY \n               ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H301670 PATRICIA PEARSON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARK. INC., RESPONDENT ATA WORKERS’ COMP SI TRUST/ RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER FILED May 6, 2025 The Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Lit...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:40:21.337Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H301670-2025-05-06","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/PEARSON_PATRICIA_H301670_20250506.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}