{"id":"alj-H306376-2025-03-19","awcc_number":"H306376","decision_date":"2025-03-19","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Judy Gipson","employer_name":"American Stitchco Inc","title":"GIPSON VS. AMERICAN STITCHCO INC. AWCC# H306376 March 19, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GIPSON_JUDY_H306376_20250319.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"GIPSON_JUDY_H306376_20250319.pdf","text_length":2145,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H306376 \n \nJUDY GIPSON, EMPLOYEE   CLAIMANT \n \nAMERICAN STITCHCO INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nSUMMIT CONSULTING, LLC/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION/ORDER FILED MARCH 19, 2025 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Harrison, Boone \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant is pro se and did not attend the hearing. \n \nRespondents are represented by JASON M. RYBURN, Attorney, Little Rock,  Arkansas \n \nOPINION/ORDER \n \n On   November  27,  2023,  claimant  filed  Form  AR-C,  alleging  a  compensable  injury  on \nSeptember 21, 2023.   Claimant was represented at the time by Fredrick S. Spencer,  who filed a motion \nto withdraw on October 31, 2024 and was allowed to withdraw on November 15, 2024.   \nOn November 25, 2024, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging that it had been more \nthan six months since claimant filed her Form AR-C with the Commission, but she had not made a \nrequest for a hearing in that time.  A hearing on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss was scheduled for \nMarch  6,  2025.    Notice  of  the  scheduled  hearing  was  sent  to  Claimant  by  certified  mail  at  the  last \nknown address in the Commission’s file.  The notice was delivered to claimant on January  31, \n2025.    Claimant did not respond to Respondent’s motion and did not appear in person at the hearing \non March 6, 2025.  \nI find it has been more than six months since prior to this hearing and that no request for a \n\nGipson-H306376 \n \n2 \n \nhearing has been made in this file.  After my review of the respondent’s motion, the claimant’s lack of \nresponse and failure to attend the hearing for the respondent’s motion, as well as all other matters \nproperly before the Commission, I find that respondent’s Motion to Dismiss this claim should be and \nhereby is granted.  This dismissal is pursuant to Commission Rule 099.13 and is without prejudice. \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n \n      _______________________________________                                                                                    \n      JOSEPH C. SELF \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H306376 JUDY GIPSON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT AMERICAN STITCHCO INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT SUMMIT CONSULTING, LLC/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED MARCH 19, 2025 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Harrison, Boone County, Arka...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:42:41.194Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H306376-2025-03-19","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GIPSON_JUDY_H306376_20250319.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}