{"id":"alj-H304808-2024-12-17","awcc_number":"H304808","decision_date":"2024-12-17","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Parker Amason","employer_name":"K & S Computing","title":"AMASON VS. K & S COMPUTING AWCC# H304808 December 17, 2024","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:5","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/AMASON_PARKER_H304808_20241217.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"AMASON_PARKER_H304808_20241217.pdf","text_length":2363,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H304808 \n \nPARKER AMASON, Employee      CLAIMANT \n \nK & S COMPUTING, Employer      RESPONDENT \n \nFARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Carrier/TPA    RESPONDENT \n \n \n OPINION FILED DECEMBER 17, 2024  \n \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE  ERIC  PAUL  WELLS  in  Fort  Smith, \nSebastian County, Arkansas. \n       \nClaimant not represented by counsel and appearing pro se. \n \nRespondent represented by KEVIN STATEN, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n The  respondents in  this  matter  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  for  failure  to  prosecute  stating \nthat the claimant had failed to take action on the case for a period of nine months. The claimant \nwas  previously  represented  by Tanner  Thomas,  but  he  withdrew  as  counsel  on December  19, \n2023, and  the  claimant  has  not  appeared  with  new  counsel.  The  inactive  period  of  nine  months \nfollows  the  withdrawal of the claimant’s attorney. As such, the respondents have asked for a \ndismissal of the claimant’s case.  \n The  claimant  appeared  pro  se  at  the  hearing  in  this  matter.  The  claimant  informed  the \nCommission that he did not want his case dismissed and that, in fact, he wanted to move forward \nwith  the  prosecution  of  his  case.  The  claimant  was  also  agreeable  to  engaging  in  the  discovery \nprocess for the respondents and testified that he intended to do so. Given the claimant’s, I believe \n\nAmason – H304808 \n \n-2- \ntruthful, request and desire to move his case forward, I hereby deny the respondents’ Motion to \nDismiss. \nFrom  a  review  of  the  record  as  a  whole,  to  include  all  matters  properly  before  the \nCommission,  and  having  had  an  opportunity  to  hear  the  statements  of  the  claimant  and  the \nrespondents, I find that the respondents’ Motion to Dismiss is denied at this time. \nORDER \n Pursuant  to  the  above  statement  of  the  case,  I  hereby  deny  respondents’  Motion  to \nDismiss at this time. \n If  respondents  have  not  already  done  so,  they  are  directed  to  pay  the  court  reporter, \nVeronica Lane, her fees and expenses within thirty (30) days of receipt of her invoice. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n      ___________________________________ \n       ERIC PAUL WELLS \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION WCC NO. H304808 PARKER AMASON, Employee CLAIMANT K & S COMPUTING, Employer RESPONDENT FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Carrier/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED DECEMBER 17, 2024 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ERIC PAUL WELLS in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas....","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:45:33.222Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H304808-2024-12-17","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/AMASON_PARKER_H304808_20241217.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}