{"id":"alj-H407103-2026-01-21","awcc_number":"H407103","decision_date":"2026-01-21","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Ronald Holub","employer_name":"Tri State Enterprises, Inc","title":"HOLUB VS. TRI STATE ENTERPRISES, INC. AWCC# H407103 January 21, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:5"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HOLUB_RONALD_H407103_20260121.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"HOLUB_RONALD_H407103_20260121.pdf","text_length":2422,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H407103 \n \nRONALD HOLUB, Employee CLAIMANT \n \nTRI STATE ENTERPRISES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT \n \nCHARTER OAK FIRE INS CO., Carrier RESPONDENT \n \n \n \n OPINION FILED JANUARY 21, 2026 \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE GREGORY  K.  STEWART in Fort \nSmith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant represented  by  JARID  M.  KINDER,  Attorney  at  Law,  Fayetteville,  Arkansas; \nalthough not appearing at the hearing. \n \nRespondents  represented  by GUY  ALTON  WADE,  Attorney  at  Law, Little  Rock, \nArkansas. \n \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondent’s Motion to \nDismiss. \n On  October  20,  2024,  Attorney  Kinder  filed  Form  AR-C  on  behalf  of  claimant \nrequesting  additional  compensation  benefits  relating  to  an  injury  that  occurred  on  May \n1, 2024. Following a prehearing conference on April 23, 2025, a Prehearing Order was \nfiled, and  a  hearing  was  set  on  claimant’s  entitlement  to  additional  compensation \nbenefits for June 16, 2025. Prior to that scheduled hearing, claimant requested that the \nhearing  be  cancelled  and  Attorney  Kinder  indicated  that  claimant  was  withdrawing  his \nrequest for a hearing at that time. \n\nHolub – H407103 \n \n-2- \n No  further  action  was  taken  until  respondent  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  on \nNovember 6, 2025. A hearing was scheduled on the respondent’s motion for January 5, \n2026. Notice of the hearing was sent to claimant by certified mail and was delivered on \nNovember  28,  2025.  Claimant  did  not  appear  at  the  hearing.  In  an  email  dated \nNovember  24,  2025,  Attorney  Kinder  indicated  that  claimant  had  no  objection  to  the \nMotion to Dismiss and waived his appearance the hearing. \n Pursuant  to  11  CAR §25-110(d) (previously  codified  as  Commission  Rule \n099.13), the Commission may enter an order dismissing a claim for want of prosecution. \nAfter my  review  of  the  respondent’s motion,  the  claimant’s statement  that  does  not \nobject  to  hearing  respondent’s  motion, and  all  other  matters  properly  before  the \nCommission, I find that claimant has failed to prosecute this claim. Therefore, this claim \nis dismissed without prejudice. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n      _______________________________ \n      GREGORY K. STEWART \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION WCC NO. H407103 RONALD HOLUB, Employee CLAIMANT TRI STATE ENTERPRISES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT CHARTER OAK FIRE INS CO., Carrier RESPONDENT OPINION FILED JANUARY 21, 2026 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GREGORY K. STEWART in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ar...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:32:59.483Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H407103-2026-01-21","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/HOLUB_RONALD_H407103_20260121.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}