{"id":"alj-H305993-2025-09-30","awcc_number":"H305993","decision_date":"2025-09-30","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Clifton King","employer_name":"Southeast Connections, LLC","title":"KING VS. SOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS, LLC AWCC# H305993 September 30, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:7"],"injury_keywords":["shoulder"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/KING_CLIFTON_H305993_20250930.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"KING_CLIFTON_H305993_20250930.pdf","text_length":3261,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H305993 \nCLIFTON B. KING, EMPLOYEE      CLAIMANT \n \nSOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS, LLC, \nEMPLOYER          RESPONDENT \n \nZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE, \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA      RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION AND ORDER FILED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 \n \nThe Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas, was held on September 16, 2025. \nClaimant failed to appear. \nRespondents were represented by Michael C. Stiles, of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A hearing was held in the above styled matter on the 16\nth\n day of September, 2025, \nin Little  Rock,  Arkansas, on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute \npursuant  to  Arkansas  Code  Ann.  11-702  and  Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ \nCompensation Commission, which has recently been renamed 11 C.A.R. 25-110(d) and \nwill be referred to by that name in the remainder of this opinion. The claimant was pro se \nand  failed  to  appear. The  respondents  were  represented  by Michael C.  Stiles of  Little \nRock, Arkansas.  \n A  Form AR-C was  filed  by  the  Claimant through  his  attorney on September  15, \n2023, alleging injuries to his shoulder on September 15, 2023. As reflected on Form AR-\n2 filed with the Commission on September 25, 2023, the Respondents accepted the claim \nas  compensable,  medical  only,  for  the  left  shoulder.  The  Claimant’s  attorney,  Mark \n\nCLIFTON B. KING – H305993 \n2 \n \nPeoples  filed  a  Motion  to Withdraw  on  December  27,  2023,  and  an  Order  by  the  Full \nCommission dated January 9, 2025, allowed the Claimant’s attorney to withdraw. \n A Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice along with a Brief in Support of the Motion, \nwas  filed  on  July  11,  2025, requesting  that  the  matter  be  dismissed  without  prejudice \npursuant to 11 C.A.R. 25 -110(d) of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nfor failure to prosecute, or in the alternative that the matter be dismissed without prejudice \npursuant to A.C.A. 11-9-702 (a)(4) which provides for dismissal of a claim if no bona fide \nrequest for a hearing has been made within six (6) months of the filing of his claim. No \nresponse was filed by the Claimant in regard to the motion. The Motion to Dismiss alleged \nthat at no time since January 9, 2024, has the Claimant ever requested a hearing in regard \nto this matter, despite the passage of eighteen (18) months.   \n After proper notice, a hearing was held on September 16, 2025, and the claimant \nfailed  to  appear.  The Respondents  were  represented  by Michael  C.  Stiles.,  who \nrequested  that  the  matter  be  dismissed  pursuant  to 11  C.A.R.  110(d)  of  the  Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission and A.C.A. 11-9-702 (a)(4). \n \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above statement of the case, documents entered into the record, \nand statements by the Attorney for the Respondents, there is no alternative but to grant \nthe Motion  to  Dismiss without  prejudice pursuant  to 11  C.A.R.  110(d) of  the  Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission and A.C.A. 11-9-702 (a)(4).   \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n          \n     ____________________________ \n                 JAMES D. KENNEDY \n                ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H305993 CLIFTON B. KING, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT SOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS, LLC, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER FILED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 The Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:36:53.603Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H305993-2025-09-30","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/KING_CLIFTON_H305993_20250930.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}