{"id":"alj-H503466-2025-12-09","awcc_number":"H503466","decision_date":"2025-12-09","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Cheryl Taylor","employer_name":"Easter Seals Of Arkansas","title":"TAYLOR VS. EASTER SEALS OF ARKANSAS AWCC# H503466 December 09, 2025","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:7","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/TAYLOR_CHERYL_H503466_20251209.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"TAYLOR_CHERYL_H503466_20251209.pdf","text_length":3144,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H503466 \n \nCHERYL TAYLOR, EMPLOYEE       CLAIMANT \n  \nEASTER SEALS OF ARKANSAS, \nEMPLOYER              RESPONDENT \n \nATA WORKERS’ COMP SI TRUST/ \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA          RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION AND ORDER FILED DECEMBER 9, 2025 \n \nA Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, \nArkansas, was held on November 25, 2025. \nClaimant was pro se and failed to appear. \nRespondents were represented by Carol Lockard Worley of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n A hearing was held in the above styled matter on the 25\nth\n day of November, 2025, \nin Little Rock, Arkansas, on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 11 C.A.R. 25-\n110(d) of the Rules of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation. This Rule 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 Carol Worley of \nLittle Rock, Arkansas.    \n A Motion to Dismiss was filed on or about September 9, 2025, which provided that \nthe Claimant contended she sustained a work-related injury on April 14, 2025, and that \ncompensability was denied by the Respondents. The Claimant filed an AR-C, on June 5, \n2025,  and  requested  a  hearing. Claimant  initially  refused  to  cooperate  with  discovery, \nwalking  out  of  her  scheduled deposition  on August 22,  2025. A prehearing  conference \n\nTAYLOR – H503466 \n2 \n \nwas scheduled on October 13, 2025. Prior to the prehearing telephone conference, the \nClaimant,  on  September  26,  2025, contacted  the  Commission  requesting  that the \nprehearing conference be cancelled and withdrawing her hearing request.    \nThe Motion  to  Dismiss refers  to Rule 11 C.A.R.  25-110(d) of the Arkansas Workers’ \nCompensation  Commission, which  provides  that  upon  application  by  either  party  for  a \ndismissal for failure  to prosecute,  the  Commission  may, after  reasonable  notice  to  all \nparties, enter  an order  dismissing  the  claim. No  response  was  filed  by  the  Claimant  in \nregard to the motion.     \n After proper notice, a hearing was held on November 25, 2025, and the Claimant \nfailed  to  appear.  The Respondents  were  represented  by Carol  Worley,  who  requested \nthat the matter be dismissed pursuant to 11 C.A.R. 25-110(d) of the Arkansas Workers’ \nCompensation Commission. Various documents were introduced into the record. \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. 25-110(d) of the Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission, which  provides  that  upon  application  by  either \nparty for a dismissal for failure to prosecute, the Commission may, after reasonable notice \nto all parties, enter an order dismissing the claim. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n \n      ____________________________ \n                JAMES D. KENNEDY \n                ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H503466 CHERYL TAYLOR, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT EASTER SEALS OF ARKANSAS, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ATA WORKERS’ COMP SI TRUST/ RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER FILED DECEMBER 9, 2025 A Hearing before Administrative Law Judge...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:33:30.684Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H503466-2025-12-09","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/TAYLOR_CHERYL_H503466_20251209.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}