{"id":"alj-H503404-2026-01-21","awcc_number":"H503404","decision_date":"2026-01-21","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Gracelin Taylor","employer_name":"White County Medical Center, Inc","title":"TAYLOR VS. WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, INC. AWCC# H503404 January 21, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:6"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/TAYLOR_GRACELIN_H503404_20260121.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"TAYLOR_GRACELIN_H503404_20260121.pdf","text_length":2999,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H503404 \nGRACELIN TAYLOR, EMPLOYEE     CLAIMANT \n \nWHITE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, INC., \nEMPLOYER, SELF INSURED       RESPONDENT \n \nSELF INSURED ADMINISTRATOR     RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION AND ORDER FILED JANUARY 21, 2026 \n \nA Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas, was held on January 23, 2026. \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 13\nth\n day of January 26\nth\n, in \nLittle  Rock,  Arkansas, on Respondent’s  Motion  to  Dismiss  for  failure  to  prosecute \npursuant to Arkansas Code Ann. 11-9-702 and 11 C.A.R. 25-110(d) which was previously \nnamed Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The claimant \nwas pro se and failed to appear. The Respondents were represented by Guy Alton Wade \nof Little  Rock, Arkansas. The  Claimant had previously been  represented by Mark  Alan \nPeoples, who was allowed to withdraw by an Order of the Full Commission, dated October \n8, 2025.  \n A Motion to Dismiss by letter was filed on November 10, 2025. A First Report of \nInjury along with an AR-2 were both filed on June 4, 2025, providing that the date of injury \nwas May 21, 2025. A Form C was filed on June 5, 2025, which provided that the Claimant \nhad been attacked by a patient. The claim for injury was accepted as compensable. The \nClaimant has taken no steps since the original filing to pursue her claim and has made \n\nGracelin Taylor – H503404 \n2 \n \nno filing for discovery, no filing of responses to the propounded interrogatories, and no \nresponse to the Motion to Dismiss. The Claimant has not taken any action to prosecute \nher claim, and it has been more than six months since the Claimant has filed her AR-C \nor requested a hearing. \n After proper and reasonable notice, a hearing was held on January 13, 2026, and \nthe Claimant failed to appear. The Respondents were represented by Guy Alton Wade, \nwho requested that the matter be dismissed pursuant to 11 C.A.R. 110(d) of the Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission and the  provisions  of Arkansas Code Ann.  11-9-\n702.   \nORDER \n Pursuant to the above statement of the case, documents entered into the record, \nand statements by the Attorney for the Respondents, there is no alternative but to grant \nthe Motion  to  Dismiss without  prejudice pursuant  to 11  C.A.R.  110(d) of  the  Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission and  A.C.A.  11-9-702, based  upon  the  Claimant \nfailing to prosecute her claim within the last six months and after a meritorious application \nto  the  Commission  by  the  Respondent  requesting  that  the  claim  be  dismissed after \nreasonable notice to all parties.    \nIT IS SO ORDERED. \n                \n      ____________________________ \n                JAMES D. KENNEDY \n               ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H503404 GRACELIN TAYLOR, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, INC., EMPLOYER, SELF INSURED RESPONDENT SELF INSURED ADMINISTRATOR RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER FILED JANUARY 21, 2026 A Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Litt...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:33:01.552Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H503404-2026-01-21","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/TAYLOR_GRACELIN_H503404_20260121.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}