{"id":"alj-H402072-2025-01-22","awcc_number":"H402072","decision_date":"2025-01-22","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Gerald Harrison","employer_name":"Drivers Select, Inc","title":"HARRISON VS. DRIVERS SELECT, INC. AWCC# H402072 January 22, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:3"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HARRISON_GERALD_H402072_20250122.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"HARRISON_GERALD_H402072_20250122.pdf","text_length":2377,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n   \n CLAIM NO. H402072 \n \nGERALD HARRISON, Employee                                                                    CLAIMANT \n \nDRIVERS SELECT, INC., Employer                                                        RESPONDENT \n \nQBE INSURANCE/SEDGWICK CLAIMS MGT., Carrier/TPA                  RESPONDENT                                                                                                    \n \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER FILED JANUARY 22, 2025 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort Smith, \nSebastian County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant not represented by counsel and not appearing at the hearing. \n \nRespondents represented by KAREN H. MCKINNEY, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n \n OPINION/ORDER \n  \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondent’s Motion to \nDismiss. \n Claimant was involved in a motor vehicle accident on January 27, 2024.  On March \n26,  2024,  Form  AR-C  was  filed  alleging  a  compensable  injury  and  requesting  various \ncompensation benefits.  A pre-hearing conference was conducted on June 5, 2024, and \na hearing was scheduled for September 9, 2024. \nPrior  to  the  scheduled  hearing,  respondent  requested  a  cancelation  due  to  the \nclaimant not responding to discovery requests propounded in April, 2024.  That request \nwas  granted  and  on  October  30,  2024,  claimant’s  attorney  filed  a Motion  to  Withdraw \nwhich was granted by Order dated November 15, 2024. \nShortly thereafter, respondent filed the present Motion to Dismiss.  A hearing was \n\nHarrison – H402072 \n2 \n \nscheduled on the respondent’s motion for January 13, 2025, and notice of the hearing \nwas  sent  to  claimant  by  certified  mail.    The  certified  mail  notice  was  returned  as \n“Unclaimed.”  Claimant  did  not  appear  at  the  hearing  and  has  not  responded  to  the \nrespondent’s motion. \n After my  review of  the  respondent’s motion,  the  claimant’s  failure  to  respond \nthereto, and all other matters properly before the Commission, I find that respondent’s \nmotion to dismiss this claim should be and hereby is granted.  This dismissal is pursuant \nto Commission Rule 099.13 and it is without prejudice. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n      ____________________________________ \n       GREGORY K. STEWART \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H402072 GERALD HARRISON, Employee CLAIMANT DRIVERS SELECT, INC., Employer RESPONDENT QBE INSURANCE/SEDGWICK CLAIMS MGT., Carrier/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED JANUARY 22, 2025 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort Smith, Se...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:44:32.432Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H402072-2025-01-22","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HARRISON_GERALD_H402072_20250122.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}