{"id":"alj-H504085-2026-03-19","awcc_number":"H504085","decision_date":"2026-03-19","opinion_type":"alj","claimant_name":"Quinton Graves","employer_name":"Systems, LLC","title":"GRAVES VS. SYSTEMS, LLC AWCC# H504085 March 19, 2026","outcome":"dismissed","outcome_keywords":["dismissed:1","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GRAVES_QUINTON_H504085_20260319.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/","filename":"GRAVES_QUINTON_H504085_20260319.pdf","text_length":5136,"full_text":"1 \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H504085 \n \n \nQUINTON E. GRAVES, \nEMPLOYEE CLAIMANT \n \nSYSTEMS, LLC, \nEMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nTRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT/ \nCARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT \n \n \n \nOPINION FILED MARCH 19, 2026, \nGRANTING RESPONDENTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE \n \nHearing conducted on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation \nCommission (the Commission), Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Mike Pickens, in Little Rock, \nPulaski County, Arkansas. \n \nThe claimant, Mr. Quinton E. Graves, pro se, of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, failed and/or \nrefused to appear at the hearing. \n \nThe respondents were represented by the Honorable Jason Ryburn, Ryburn Law Firm, Little Rock, \nPulaski County, Arkansas. \n \n \n \nSTATEMENT OF THE CASE \n \n A hearing was conducted on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, to determine whether this claim \nshould be dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-702(a)(4) (2025 Lexis \nReplacement) and 11 C.A.R. Section 25-110(d) (2025 Code of AR Regulations), formerly cited \nas Commission Rule 099.13 (2025 Lexis Repl.) \n On January 6, 2026, the respondents filed a motion to dismiss this claim without prejudice \nfor lack of prosecution (MTD) with the Commission. (Respondents’ Exhibit 2). The claimant was \nprovided due and legal notice of both the respondents’ MTD as well as the date, time, and place \n\nQuinton E. Graves, AWCC No. H504085 \n2 \n \nof the subject hearing; however, he failed and/or refused to respond to the respondents’ MTD in \nany way and failed and/or refused to appear at the subject hearing. (Commission Exhibit 1). \n The record herein consists of the hearing transcript and any and all exhibits contained therein \nand attached thereto. \n \nDISCUSSION \n Consistent with Ark. Code Ann.§ 11-9-702(a)(4) (2025 Lexis Replacement), as well as our \ncourt of appeals’ ruling in Dillard vs. Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 87 Ark. App. 379, 192 \nS.W.3d 287 (Ark. App. 2004), the Commission scheduled and conducted a hearing on the \nrespondents’ MTD filed November 4, 2025. Rather than recite a detailed analysis of the record, \nsuffice it to say the preponderance of the evidence introduced at the hearing and contained in the \nrecord conclusively reveals the claimant has failed and/or refused to either actively prosecute his \nclaim or to request a hearing within the last six (6) months. \n Therefore, after a thorough consideration of the issues at bar, the applicable law as applied to \nthe facts of this claim, and other relevant matters of record including the representations of credible \ncounsel I hereby make the following: \n \nFINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW \n \n1. The Commission has jurisdiction of this claim. \n \n2. After having received due and legal notice of both the respondents’ MTD without prejudice \nfiled with the Commission on January 6, 2026, as well as due and legal notice of the date, \ntime, and place of the subject hearing, the claimant failed and/or refused to respond to the \nMTD in any way and he failed and/or refused to appear at the subject hearing. \n \n3. The claimant has not requested a hearing within the last six (6) months and has taken no \nsteps to either raise or prosecute any issue(s) in this claim. \n \n\nQuinton E. Graves, AWCC No. H504085 \n3 \n \n4. Therefore, the preponderance of the evidence compels the decision the respondents’ MTD \nwithout prejudice filed January 6, 2026, should be and hereby is GRANTED; and this claim \nis dismissed without prejudice to its refiling pursuant to the deadlines prescribed by Ark. \nCode Ann. Section 11-9-702(a) and (b) and 11 C.A.R. Section 25-110(d) (2025 Code of \nAR Regulations), formerly cited as Commission Rule 099.13. \n \n If they have not already done so, the respondents hereby are ordered to pay the court reporter’s \ninvoice within twenty (20) days of their receipt thereof. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n ____________________________ \n Mike Pickens \n Administrative Law Judge \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMP/mp \n \n \n \n\nQuinton E. Graves, AWCC No. H504085 \n4","preview":"1 BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H504085 QUINTON E. GRAVES, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT SYSTEMS, LLC, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT/ CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED MARCH 19, 2026, GRANTING RESPONDENTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE Hearing conducted on Wedn...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:31:05.930Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/alj-H504085-2026-03-19","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/GRAVES_QUINTON_H504085_20260319.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/administrative-law-judge-opinions/"}}