{"id":"full_commission-G500916-2024-06-20","awcc_number":"G500916","decision_date":"2024-06-20","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Laquita Ferris","employer_name":"Baxter County Regional Hospital, Inc","title":"FERRIS VS. BAXTER COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC. AWCC# G500916 JUNE 20, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":["knee"],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ferris_Laquita_G500916_20240620.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Ferris_Laquita_G500916_20240620.pdf","text_length":3167,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. G500916 \n \nLAQUITA I. FERRIS, EMPLOYEE              CLAIMANT \n \nBAXTER COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC., \nEMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1 \n \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT NO. 1 \n \nDEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL  \nDISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT NO. 2 \n \nOPINION FILED JUNE 20, 2024 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE FREDERICK S. “RICK” SPENCER, \nAttorney at Law, Mountain Home, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents No. 1 represented by the HONORABLE WALTER A. MURRAY, \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents No. 2 represented by the HONORABLE CHRISTY L. KING, \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nDecision of Administrative Law Judge:  Affirmed and Adopted. \n \nOPINION AND ORDER \n Claimant appeals an opinion and order of the Administrative Law Judge \nfiled September 12, 2023.  In said order, the Administrative Law Judge made the \nfollowing findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has jurisdiction over this \nclaim.  \n \n\n \nFERRIS - G500916  2\n  \n \n \n2. That an employer/employee relationship existed on February 1, 2015, when \nthe claimant sustained a compensable injury to her right knee.  \n \n3.  Claimant  earned  an  average  weekly  wage  of  $398.36,  entitling  her  to \ncompensation rates of $266.00 for temporary total disability and $200.00 for \npermanent partial disability.  \n \n4. That the claimant has proven, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, \nthat she is entitled to additional reasonable and necessary medical treatment \nconsisting of conservative treatment and management under the direction of \nDr.  Chris  Arnold  and  the  conservative  treatment  and  management  is \ncausally  related  and  reasonably  necessary  for  the  treatment  of  the  work-\nrelated left knee injury. \n \n5. The claimant has failed to satisfy the burden of proof that she is permanently \nand totally disabled.  \n \n6.  All other issues are moot. \n \n7.  If not already paid, the respondents are ordered to pay for the cost of the \ntranscript forthwith.  \n \n We have carefully conducted a de novo review of the entire record herein \nand it is our opinion that the Administrative Law Judge's September 12, 2023 \ndecision is supported by a preponderance of the credible evidence, correctly \napplies the law, and should be affirmed.  Specifically, we find from a \npreponderance of the evidence that the findings of fact made by the \nAdministrative Law Judge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full \nCommission.  \n\n \nFERRIS - G500916  3\n  \n \n \n Therefore we affirm and adopt the decision of the Administrative Law \nJudge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as the decision of the Full \nCommission on appeal.  \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n    ___________________________________ \n    SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner","preview":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. G500916 LAQUITA I. FERRIS, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT BAXTER COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1 RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT NO. 1 DEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND RESP...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:45.384Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-G500916-2024-06-20","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ferris_Laquita_G500916_20240620.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}