{"id":"alj-H306827-2026-04-28","awcc_number":"H306827","decision_date":"2026-04-28","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Geneva Green","employer_name":"Commercial Trailer Products","title":"GREEN VS. COMMERCIAL TRAILER PRODUCTS AWCC# H306827 April 28, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:8"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GREEN_GENEVA_H306827_20260428.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"GREEN_GENEVA_H306827_20260428.pdf","text_length":2434,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO.  H306827 \n \nGENEVA GREEN, Employee CLAIMANT \n \nCOMMERCIAL TRAILER PRODUCTS, Employer RESPONDENT \n  \nSENTRY INSURANCE, Carrier RESPONDENT \n \n OPINION FILED APRIL 28, 2026  \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE  ERIC  PAUL  WELLS,  in Harrison, Boone \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by EVELYN E. BROOKS, Attorney, Fayetteville, Arkansas; although not \npresent at hearing. \n \nRespondent represented by JARROD S. PARRISH, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n OPINION \n \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss. \nOn October 18, 2023, Evelyn Brooks, claimant’s attorney, filed a Form AR-C requesting \nvarious compensation benefits in which the claimant alleged an injury to her bilateral hands and \nwrists  on  or  about  September  1,  2023.  A  hearing  was  requested  regarding  issues  with  medical \ntreatment.  However, a  hearing  was  never  scheduled,  and  no  further  action  was  taken  in  this \nclaim. \nOn December  8,  2025,  the  respondents  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  requesting  that  this \nclaim be dismissed for lack of prosecution. A hearing was scheduled for March 26, 2026. Notice \nof that hearing was sent to the claimant by certified mail, return receipt requested on January 16, \n2026. United States Postal Department records indicate that claimant received and signed for the \nnotice on January 22, 2026. \n\nGreen – H306827 \n2 \n \nMs.  Brooks indicated by email  dated  March  17,  2026, that she would  waive her \nappearance  at  the  hearing  and  further  indicated  that she had  no  objection  to  the  Motion  to \nDismiss “without prejudice.”    \nPursuant  to  11  CAR  §25-110(d)  (previously  codified  as  Commission  Rule  099.13),  the \nCommission may enter an order dismissing a claim for want of prosecution.  After my review of \nthe respondent’s Motion to Dismiss, Ms. Brooks’ response  thereto she had  no  objection  to  the \nMotion  to  Dismiss  without  prejudice,  and  the  claimant’s  failure  to  appear  at  the  scheduled \nhearing,  as  well  as  all  other  matters  properly  before  the  Commission,  I  find  that  claimant  has \nfailed to prosecute this claim. Therefore, this claim is dismissed without prejudice.   \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n       \n      ________________________________ \n      HONORABLE ERIC PAUL WELLS \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION WCC NO. H306827 GENEVA GREEN, Employee CLAIMANT COMMERCIAL TRAILER PRODUCTS, Employer RESPONDENT SENTRY INSURANCE, Carrier RESPONDENT OPINION FILED APRIL 28, 2026 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ERIC PAUL WELLS, in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas. Claimant r...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:30:15.887Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H306827-2026-04-28","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GREEN_GENEVA_H306827_20260428.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}