{"id":"alj-H308044-2026-03-17","awcc_number":"H308044","decision_date":"2026-03-17","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Howard Harrison","employer_name":"Northside Elementary","title":"HARRISON VS. NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY AWCC# H308044 March 17, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HARRISON_HOWARD_H308044_20260317.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"HARRISON_HOWARD_H308044_20260317.pdf","text_length":2430,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H308044 \n \nHOWARD HARRISON, EMPLOYEE   CLAIMANT \n \nNORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION/ORDER FILED MARCH 17, 2026 \n \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant is pro se and did not attend the hearing. \n \nRespondents are represented by MELISSA WOOD, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas \n \nOPINION/ORDER \n \n On August 1, 2025, claimant sent a letter to the Commission, requesting a hearing without \nfiling a Form AR-C. The alleged date of injury is September 29, 2023.   Claimant was not represented \nby  an attorney  when he  requested  the  hearing and remains pro se.  He was directed  twice  to  file  a \nprehearing questionnaire (August 27, 2025, and September 30, 2025) and failed to do so.  \nOn October 28, 2025, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging that claimant had not \nfiled  his  prehearing  questionnaire  as  directed. A  hearing  on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss was \nscheduled  for March  12, 2026,  which  was  over  six  months  since  claimant  had  requested  a  hearing.  \nNotice of the scheduled hearing was sent to claimant by certified mail at the last known address in the \nCommission’s file.  The notice was returned unclaimed on March 2, 2026.   However, claimant was \nadvised by email on February 4, 2026, of this setting.  Claimant objected to respondent’s motion but \ndid not appear in person at the hearing on March 12, 2026.   \n\nHarrison-H308044 \n \n2 \n \nI  find  it  has  been  more  than  six  months  since claimant  requested  a hearing but  did  not \nprosecute his claim as instructed.  After my review of the respondent’s motion, the claimant’s failure \nto comply with directions to file his prehearing questionnaire and his failure to attend the hearing for \nthe respondent’s motion, as well as all other matters properly before the Commission, I find that \nrespondent’s Motion to Dismiss this claim should be and hereby is granted.  This dismissal is pursuant \nto Commission 11 C.A.R. § 25-110(d) (formerly 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. H308044 HOWARD HARRISON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED MARCH 17, 2026 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Wa...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:30:47.290Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H308044-2026-03-17","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HARRISON_HOWARD_H308044_20260317.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}