{"id":"alj-H407233-2025-05-13","awcc_number":"H407233","decision_date":"2025-05-13","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Adrian Adams","employer_name":"Cal Ark International, Inc","title":"ADAMS VS. CAL ARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. AWCC# H407233 May 13, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:6","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/ADAMS_ADRIAN_H407233_20250513.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"ADAMS_ADRIAN_H407233_20250513.pdf","text_length":2861,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H407233 \n \nADRIAN L. ADAMS, EMPLOYEE      CLAIMANT \n \nCAL ARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYER                                    RESPONDENT \n \nSAFETY FIRST INS. CO./ \nCCMSI              RESPONDENT \n \n OPINION AND ORDER DATED MAY 13, 2025 \n \nThe Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas, was held on May 6, 2025. \nClaimant was pro-se and failed to appear. \nRespondents were represented by Guy Alton Wade, of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A hearing was held in the above styled matter on the 6\nth\n day of May, 2025, in Little \nRock Arkansas, on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute pursuant to \nArk. Code Ann. 11-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act.   \nThe claimant was pro se and failed to appear on his own behalf.  The respondents were \nrepresented by Guy Alton Wade, of Little Rock Arkansas, who introduced thirteen (13) \npages of documents, which were admitted into the evidentiary record.      \n The documents  included  a  First  Report  of  Injury  which  provided  the claimant’s \nvehicle was hit by another vehicle and that he injured his upper extremities - shoulders.  \nA Form 2, dated November 7, 2024, provided that the claim was denied as it does not \nmeet the criteria for a compensable claim.  A letter dated December 23, 2024, provided \ndiscovery was propounded  to  the  Claimant.  The  Claimant  had previously been \n\nAdrian Adams – H407233 \n2 \n \nrepresented by Mark Allen Peoples, who was allowed to withdraw by an Order of the Full \nCommission, dated  February  5,  2025.  The  Respondents  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  by \nletter dated February 12, 2025, and requested that the matter be dismissed for lack of \nprosecution, stating that discovery remained outstanding.   \n No  response  was  filed  by  the  Claimant  so an appropriate  notice  of  a  Motion  to \nDismiss  hearing  was  provided  to  the  Claimant  setting  the  hearing  for May  6,  2025,  at \n10:00 a.m., in Little Rock, Arkansas.   \n A  hearing  was  held  on May  6, 2025, and  the  claimant failed  to  appear.    The \nRespondents were represented by Guy Alton Wade, who requested that the matter be \ndismissed pursuant to Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nand Ark. Code Ann. 11-9-702.    \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above statement of the case, as well as the documents entered \ninto the evidentiary record and statements by the attorney for the Respondents, there is \nno alternative but to grant the Motion to Dismiss without prejudice pursuant to Rule 099.13 \nof the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission and Ark. Code Ann. 11-9-702.   \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n      ____________________________ \n                JAMES D. KENNEDY \n               ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H407233 ADRIAN L. ADAMS, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT CAL ARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYER RESPONDENT SAFETY FIRST INS. CO./ CCMSI RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER DATED MAY 13, 2025 The Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, Arkansas, wa...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:40:40.090Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H407233-2025-05-13","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/ADAMS_ADRIAN_H407233_20250513.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}