{"id":"alj-H502362-2026-04-07","awcc_number":"H502362","decision_date":"2026-04-07","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Hunter Eddings","employer_name":"Packaging Specialties, Inc","title":"EDDINGS VS. PACKAGING SPECIALTIES, INC. AWCC# H502362 April 07, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:6"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/EDDINGS_HUNTER_H502362_20260407.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"EDDINGS_HUNTER_H502362_20260407.pdf","text_length":2373,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n WCC NO. H502362 \n \nHUNTER EDDINGS, Employee CLAIMANT \n \nPACKAGING SPECIALTIES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT \n \nCCMSI, Carrier RESPONDENT \n \n \n \n OPINION FILED APRIL 7, 2026 \n \nHearing  before  ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE  ERIC  PAUL  WELLS  in Fort  Smith, \nSebastian County, Arkansas. \n \nClaimant not represented by counsel and not appearing at hearing. \n \nRespondents represented by ERIC NEWKIRK Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n STATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n This case comes on for review following a hearing on respondents’ Motion to Dismiss.  \n On May 20, 2025, the claimant filed an AR-C requesting various compensation benefits \nin which he alleges an injury to his head on or about April 8, 2025. There has been no request for \na hearing and no further action was taken in this claim. \n On December  17,  2025,  the  respondents  filed  a  Motion  to  Dismiss  requesting  that  this \nclaim be dismissed for lack of prosecution. A hearing was scheduled for March 10, 2026. Notice \nof that hearing was sent to the claimant by certified mail, return receipt requested on February 2, \n2026. United States Postal Department records indicate that claimant received and signed for the \nnotice on February 5, 2026. Due to a scheduling conflict, the hearing was rescheduled for March \n11,  2026.  Notice  of  the  rescheduled  hearing  was  sent  to  the  claimant  by  certified  mail,  return \n\nEddings – H502362 \n \n-2- \nreceipt requested on February 9, 2026. That certified mail notice was returned to the Commission \nby the Post Office with a notation “Return to Sender. Refused. Unable to Forward.” \nPursuant  to  11  CAR  §25-110(d)  (previously  codified  as  Commission  Rule  099.13),  the \nCommission may enter an order dismissing a claim for want of prosecution After a review of the \nrespondents’ Motion to Dismiss, the claimant’s lack of desire to pursue his claim, and his failure \nto appear at the scheduled hearing, as well as all other matters properly before the Commission, I \nfind  that  claimant  has  failed  to  prosecute  this  claim.  Therefore,  this  claim  is  dismissed  without \nprejudice. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n                                ____________________________                                               \n       HONORABLE ERIC PAUL WELLS \n       ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION WCC NO. H502362 HUNTER EDDINGS, Employee CLAIMANT PACKAGING SPECIALTIES, INC., Employer RESPONDENT CCMSI, Carrier RESPONDENT OPINION FILED APRIL 7, 2026 Hearing before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ERIC PAUL WELLS in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. Claimant not re...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:55.056Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H502362-2026-04-07","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/EDDINGS_HUNTER_H502362_20260407.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}