{"id":"alj-H402807-2025-04-17","awcc_number":"H402807","decision_date":"2025-04-17","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Lawrence Ragan","employer_name":"Mountain View School District","title":"RAGAN VS. MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT AWCC# H402807 April 17, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:7","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":["ankle","fracture"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/RAGAN_LAWRENCE_H402807_20250417.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"RAGAN_LAWRENCE_H402807_20250417.pdf","text_length":3572,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H402807 \nLAWRENCE RAGAN, EMPLOYEE     CLAIMANT \n \nMOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT’ \nEMPLOYER          RESPONDENT \n \nARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOC.     RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION AND ORDER FILED APRIL 17, 2025 \nThe Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Clinton, \nArkansas, was held on April 3, 2025. \nClaimant was pro-se and failed to appear. \nRespondents were represented by Jarrod Parrish, of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A  hearing  was  held  in  the  above  styled  matter  on the  3\nrd\n day  of April 2025, in \nClinton, Arkansas, on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute pursuant \nto Arkansas Code Ann. 11-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation \nAct. The claimant was pro se and failed to appear on his own behalf. The respondents \nwere represented by Jarrod Parrish of Little Rock, Arkansas.  \n A First Report of Injury was filed on April 19, 2024, which described the claimed \ninjury  as  an  ankle  fracture  that  occurred  while the claimant  was walking  on  a  slope \nbetween a parking lot and a bus, and which occurred when he slipped and fell. An AR-2 \nwas filed on April 30, 2024, which provided that the claim was denied due to not arising \nout of or within the course and scope of the claimant’s employment. On May 10, 2024, \nthe claimant contacted the Commission by letter, requesting a review of his claim denial.  \nThe  claimant  responded to  the  prehearing  questionnaire  and  a  prehearing  telephone \n\nLawrence Ragan – H402807 \n2 \n \nconference was held on October 7, 2024, and a Prehearing Order was filed on October \n8, 2024, setting the matter for a hearing on January 23, 2025, in Clinton Arkansas.   \n On  December  29,  2024,  the  Claimant  notified  the  Commission  by  email  that  he \nwas cancelling his request “for appeal in regard to the above-referenced claim” and the \nhearing  was  cancelled. On  or  about  February  24,  2025,  the  Respondents  notified  the \nCommission  by  letter  that  they  were  requesting  that  the  claim  be  dismissed  due  to  no \nForm AR-C being filed by the Claimant and for the Commission to take “whatever action \nis necessary” for the dismissal of the claim. No response was filed by the Claimant so \nappropriate notice of a Motion to Dismiss hearing was provided to the Claimant setting \nthe hearing for April 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Clinton Arkansas. Later on March 7, 2025, \nthe Claimant notified the Commission in regard to the Motion to Dismiss, “I do not wish to \npursue this claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission and would appreciate it \nif you could take whatever steps necessary to dismiss the workers comp claim against \nMountain View School District.” \n A  hearing  was  held  on April  3, 2025, and  the  claimant failed  to  appear.  The \nRespondents  were  represented  by Jarrod  Parrish,  who  requested  that  the  matter  be \ndismissed pursuant to Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nand A.C.A. 11-9-702. \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 \n\nLawrence Ragan – H402807 \n3 \n \nthe Motion to Dismiss without prejudice pursuant to Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission and A.C.A. 11-9-702.   \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n                \n      ____________________________ \n                JAMES D. KENNEDY \n               ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H402807 LAWRENCE RAGAN, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT’ EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOC. RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER FILED APRIL 17, 2025 The Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Clinton, Arkansas, w...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:41:49.111Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H402807-2025-04-17","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/RAGAN_LAWRENCE_H402807_20250417.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}