{"id":"alj-H405394-2026-03-24","awcc_number":"H405394","decision_date":"2026-03-24","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Regina Moore","employer_name":"Pernod Ricard USA, LLC","title":"MOORE VS. PERNOD RICARD USA, LLC AWCC# H405394 March 24, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:6","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":["wrist"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/MOORE_REGINA_H405394_20260324.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"MOORE_REGINA_H405394_20260324.pdf","text_length":2296,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H405394 \n \nREGINA MOORE, Employee CLAIMANT \n \nPERNOD RICARD USA, LLC, Employer RESPONDENT \n \nLIBERTY INSURANCE CORP., Carrier RESPONDENT \n \n \n \n OPINION FILED MARCH 24, 2026 \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE  ERIC  PAUL  WELLS  in Fort  Smith, \nSebastian County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant not represented by counsel and not appearing at hearing. \n \nRespondents represented by RICK BEHRING, JR., Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondents’ Motion to Dismiss.  \n On August  21,  2024,  the  claimant  filed  an  AR-C  requesting  various  compensation \nbenefits in which she alleges an injury to her left hand/wrist on or about April 3, 2023. A change \nof  physician  was  requested  and  granted  on  December  3,  2024. There  has  been  no  request  for  a \nhearing and no further action was taken in this claim. \n On November  25,  2025,  the  respondents  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  requesting  that  this \nclaim be dismissed for lack of prosecution. A hearing was scheduled for March 5, 2026. Notice \nof that hearing was sent to the claimant by certified mail, return receipt requested on January 8, \n2026. United States Postal Department records indicate that claimant received and signed for the \nnotice  on January  20,  2026. The  claimant  contacted  a  legal  advisor  with  the  Commission  and \nstated she had nothing to pursue at this time and she did not attend the hearing. \n\nMoore – H405394 \n \n-2- \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 a review of the \nrespondents’ Motion to Dismiss, the claimant’s lack of desire to pursue her claim, and her failure \nto appear at the scheduled hearing, as well as all other matters properly before the Commission, I \nfind  that  claimant  has  failed  to  prosecute  this  claim.  Therefore,  this  claim  is  dismissed  without \nprejudice. \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. H405394 REGINA MOORE, Employee CLAIMANT PERNOD RICARD USA, LLC, Employer RESPONDENT LIBERTY INSURANCE CORP., Carrier RESPONDENT OPINION FILED MARCH 24, 2026 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ERIC PAUL WELLS in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. Cla...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:31:12.235Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H405394-2026-03-24","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/MOORE_REGINA_H405394_20260324.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}