{"id":"alj-H408141-2025-11-06","awcc_number":"H408141","decision_date":"2025-11-06","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Emily Stewart","employer_name":"Walmart Associates Inc","title":"STEWART VS. WALMART ASSOCIATES INC. AWCC# H408141 November 06, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:4","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/STEWART_EMILY_H408141_20251106.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"STEWART_EMILY_H408141_20251106.pdf","text_length":2291,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H408141 \n \nEMILY STEWART, EMPLOYEE   CLAIMANT \n \nWALMART ASSOCIATES INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nWALMART CLAIMS SERVICES/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION/ORDER FILED NOVEMBER 6, 2025 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant is represented by EVELYN E. BROOKS, Attorney, Fayetteville, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents are represented by ERIN C. RAMBO, Attorney, Fort Smith,  Arkansas \n \nOPINION/ORDER \n \n On   December  18,  2024,  claimant  filed  Form  AR-C,  alleging  a  compensable  injury  on \nDecember  1,  2024.   Claimant  was  represented  at  the  time  by Evelyn  E.  Brooks,  who  remains  her \nattorney of record.     \nOn July 11, 2025, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging that it had been more than \nsix months since claimant filed her Form AR-C with the Commission, but she had not made a request \nfor a hearing in that time.  Claimant’s attorney advised the Commission she had no objection to the \nMotion to Dismiss and would not attend the hearing.  A hearing on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss \nwas scheduled for October 30, 2025.  Notice of the scheduled hearing was sent to claimant by certified \nmail  at  the  last known address in the Commission’s file.  The notice was returned unclaimed on \nOctober 2, 2025.    Claimant did not respond to respondent’s motion and did not appear in person at \nthe hearing on October 30, 2025.   \nI find it has been more than six months since prior to this hearing and that no request for a \n\nStewart-H408141 \n \n2 \n \nhearing has been made in this file.  After my review of the respondent’s motion, the claimant’s lack of \nresponse and failure to attend the hearing for the respondent’s motion, as well as all other matters \nproperly before the Commission, I find that respondent’s Motion to Dismiss this claim should be and \nhereby  is  granted.    This  dismissal  is  pursuant  to  Commission 11  C.A.R. § 25-110(d) (formerly \nCommission Rule 099.13) and is without prejudice. \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n \n      _______________________________________                                                                                    \n      JOSEPH C. SELF \n      ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H408141 EMILY STEWART, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT WALMART ASSOCIATES INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT WALMART CLAIMS SERVICES/INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED NOVEMBER 6, 2025 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:34:18.743Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H408141-2025-11-06","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/STEWART_EMILY_H408141_20251106.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}