{"id":"alj-H406133-2025-03-27","awcc_number":"H406133","decision_date":"2025-03-27","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Ronald Seay","employer_name":"Collier Drug Stores, Inc","title":"SEAY VS. COLLIER DRUG STORES, INC. AWCC# H406133 March 27, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:5","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/SEAY_RONALD_H406133_20250327.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"SEAY_RONALD_H406133_20250327.pdf","text_length":2435,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H406133 \n \nRONALD SEAY, Employee CLAIMANT \n \nCOLLIER DRUG STORES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT \n \nAUTO-OWNERS INS. CO., Carrier RESPONDENT \n \n \n \n AMENDED OPINION FILED MARCH 27, 2025 \n \nHearing   before   ADMINISTRATIVE   LAW   JUDGE   GREGORY   K.   STEWART   in \nSpringdale, Washington County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant  represented  by JARID  M.  KINDER,  Attorney  at  Law, Fayetteville,  Arkansas, \nthough not attending hearing. \n \nRespondents  represented  by RICK  BEHRING,  JR.,  Attorney  at  Law, Little  Rock, \nArkansas. \n \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \nThis case comes on for review following a hearing on respondent’s Motion to \nDismiss. \nOn September 20, 2024, Attorney Kinder on claimant’s behalf filed a Form AR-C \nalleging claimant has suffered a compensable injury on March 12, 2024, and requesting \ncompensation  benefits.  The  parties  engaged  in  some  discovery  and  a  hearing  was \neventually  requested.  A  prehearing  conference  was  conducted  on  December  4,  2024, \nand  a  hearing  scheduled  for  February  12,  2025.  On  February  3,  2025,  claimant \nwithdrew  his  hearing  request  and  asked  that  the  file  be  returned  to  General  Files.  On \nFebruary  6,  2025,  respondent  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss.  By  email  dated  February  14, \n\nSeay – H406133 \n \n-2- \n2025, Attorney Kinder indicated that claimant had no objection to the Motion to Dismiss \nand waived his right to a hearing. \nA hearing on the respondent’s Motion to Dismiss was scheduled for March 12, \n2025.  Notice  of  the  hearing  was  sent  to  claimant  by  certified  mail  and  delivered  on \nFebruary  20,  2025.  On  the  date  of  the  hearing,  claimant  appeared  at  the  Springdale \noffice but indicated that he had no objection to the dismissal of the claim and stated that \nhe had other places to be if his presence was not required at the hearing. As a result, \nclaimant did not attend the hearing.  \nAfter my review of the respondent’s motion, the claimant’s response thereto, and \nall  other  matters  properly  before  the  Commission,  I  find  that  respondents  motion  to \ndismiss  this  claim  should  be  and  hereby  is  granted.  This  dismissal  is  pursuant  to \nCommission 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 WCC NO. H406133 RONALD SEAY, Employee CLAIMANT COLLIER DRUG STORES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO., Carrier RESPONDENT AMENDED OPINION FILED MARCH 27, 2025 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Springdale, Washington County, Ar...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:43:08.403Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H406133-2025-03-27","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/SEAY_RONALD_H406133_20250327.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}