{"id":"alj-H501995-2025-12-02","awcc_number":"H501995","decision_date":"2025-12-02","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Raalf Rodriguez","employer_name":"Romi Construction","title":"RODRIGUEZ VS. ROMI CONSTRUCTION AWCC# H501995 December 02, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/RODRIGUEZ_RAALF_H501995_20251202.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"RODRIGUEZ_RAALF_H501995_20251202.pdf","text_length":2359,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H501995 \n \nRAALF A. RODRIGUEZ, EMPLOYEE   CLAIMANT \n \nROMI CONSTRUCTION, UNINSURED EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION/ORDER FILED DECEMBER 2, 2025 \n \nHearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington \nCounty, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant is unrepresented and did not appear at the hearing. \n \nRespondents are represented by JOSEPH H. PURVIS, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas \n \nOPINION/ORDER \n \n On April  1,  2025,  claimant  filed  Form  AR-C,  alleging  a  compensable  injury  on March  13, \n2025.   Claimant was represented at the time by Matthew J. Ketcham. Mr. Ketcham filed a Motion to \nWithdraw  on October  8,  2025, and  was  allowed  to  withdraw  on October  30,  2025.  Mr.  Ketcham \nlearned  that his  client  had  been  deported  from  the  United  States  by  Immigration  and  Custom \nEnforcement, and therefore would not be able to pursue this claim.   \nOn October 13, 2025, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging that it had been more \nthan six months since claimant filed his Form AR-C with the Commission, but he had not made a \nrequest for a hearing in that time.   A hearing on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss was scheduled for \nNovember 21, 2025.  Notice of the scheduled hearing was sent to claimant by certified mail at the last \nknown address in the Commission’s file.  The notice was returned unclaimed on October 16, 2025.   \nClaimant  did  not  respond  to respondent’s motion and did not appear in person at the hearing on \nNovember 21, 2025.   \nI find it has been more than six months since prior to this hearing and that no request for a \n\nRodriguez-H501995 \n \n2 \n \nhearing has been made in this file.  After my review of 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. H501995 RAALF A. RODRIGUEZ, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT ROMI CONSTRUCTION, UNINSURED EMPLOYER RESPONDENT OPINION/ORDER FILED DECEMBER 2, 2025 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE JOSEPH C. SELF, in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas. Claimant is unrepresented...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:33:14.094Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H501995-2025-12-02","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/RODRIGUEZ_RAALF_H501995_20251202.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}