{"id":"alj-H305915-2024-07-02","awcc_number":"H305915","decision_date":"2024-07-02","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Christa Obrecht","employer_name":null,"title":"OBRECHT VS. CADDO HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICTAWCC# H305915July 2, 2024","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:5","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":["knee"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/OBRECHT_CHRISTA_H305915_20240702.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"OBRECHT_CHRISTA_H305915_20240702.pdf","text_length":2503,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H305915 \n \nCHRISTA OBRECHT, Employee      CLAIMANT \n \nCADDO HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, Employer   RESPONDENT \n \nAR SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOC., Carrier/TPA     RESPONDENT \n \n \n OPINION FILED JULY 2, 2024  \n \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE  ERIC  PAUL  WELLS  in Russellville, Pope \nCounty, Arkansas. \n       \nClaimant not represented by counsel and not appearing at hearing. \n. \n \nRespondent represented by MELISSA WOOD, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \nThis case comes on for review following a hearing on respondents’ Motion to Dismiss. \nOn September  22,  2023,  the  claimant  requested  a  hearing  for various  compensation \nbenefits  in  which she alleged an  injury  to  her  right  knee on  or  about September  5,  2023.  The \nclaim was denied in its entirety. A request to complete a pre-hearing questionnaire was mailed to \nthe claimant on November 6, 2023, and again on December 13, 2023, both went unanswered. \n On March 26, 2024, the respondents filed a Motion to Dismiss requesting that this claim \nbe dismissed for lack of prosecution. A hearing was scheduled for June 20, 2024. Notice of that \nhearing  was  sent  to  the  claimant  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt  requested  on May  13,  2024. \nUnited States Postal Department records indicate that claimant received and signed for the notice \n\nObrecht – H305915 \n \n-2- \non May 22, 2024. Despite having received notice of the scheduled hearing, the claimant failed to \nappear at the hearing and has failed to respond to the motion in any form or manner. \nAfter  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  Respondent  No.  1’s \nattorney,  I  find  that  this  matter  should  be  dismissed  without  prejudice  for  failure  to  prosecute \npursuant to Commission Rule 099.13. \n ORDER \n Pursuant  to  the  above  statement  of  the  case  and  Commission  Rule  099.13,  I  have  no \nalternative but to dismiss this claim in its entirety, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute. \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. H305915 CHRISTA OBRECHT, Employee CLAIMANT CADDO HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, Employer RESPONDENT AR SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOC., Carrier/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED JULY 2, 2024 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ERIC PAUL WELLS in Russellville, Pope County, Arkans...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:50:48.969Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H305915-2024-07-02","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/OBRECHT_CHRISTA_H305915_20240702.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}