{"id":"full_commission-G503430-2023-05-26","awcc_number":"G503430","decision_date":"2023-05-26","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Byron Watkins","employer_name":"L.A. Darling Company, LLC","title":"WATKINS VS. L.A. DARLING COMPANY, LLC. AWCC# G503430 G902279 G902281 & G903969 MAY 26, 2023","outcome":"denied","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:1","dismissed:2","granted:2","denied:3"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Watkins_Byron_G503430-G902279-G902281-G903969_20230526.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Watkins_Byron_G503430-G902279-G902281-G903969_20230526.pdf","text_length":2595,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n \nCLAIM NOS.  G503430 G902279 G902281 & G903969  \n \nBYRON D. WATKINS, \nEMPLOYEE \n \nCLAIMANT \nL.A. DARLING COMPANY, LLC.,  \nEMPLOYER \n \nRESPONDENT \nTRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA \n \nDEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL \nDISABILITY TRUST FUND \nRESPONDENT NO. 1 \n \n \nRESPONDENT NO. 2 \n  \n      \nOPINION FILED MAY 26, 2023 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant appeared pro se. \n \nRespondents No. 1 represented by the HONORABLE R. SCOTT \nZUERKER, Attorney at Law, Fort Smith, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents No. 2 represented by the HONORABLE CHRISTY L. KING, \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \n ORDER \n The claimant moves to introduce “PERMANENT DISABILITY \nSOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.”  The respondents have filed an \nobjection.  The Full Commission denies the motion. \n An administrative law judge filed an opinion on June 25, 2021.  The \nadministrative law judge found, among other things, that the claimant did \nnot prove he was entitled to additional benefits.  The Full Commission \naffirmed and adopted the administrative law judge’s decision in an opinion \nfiled March 9, 2022.  The claimant appealed to the Arkansas Court of \n\nWATKINS - G503430 G902279 G902281 & G903969  2\n  \n \n \nAppeals.  In a Formal Order dated February 22, 2023, the Court of Appeals \ngranted the respondents’ motion to dismiss the claimant’s appeal.  Watkins \nv. L.A. Darling Co., CV-22-451.  In a Formal Order entered March 29, 2023, \nthe Court of Appeals denied a motion by the claimant “to not dismiss case.”  \nWatkins v. L.A. Darling Co., CV-22-451.  \n There are currently no additional issues for the Full Commission to \nadjudicate in this matter.  The claimant seeks to introduce into the record \ncorrespondence from the Social Security Administration dated April 28, \n2023.  However, the claimant has not demonstrated that this new evidence \nis relevant with regard to any past, present, or future issue before the \nWorkers’ Compensation Commission.  See Long v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., \n98 Ark. App. 70, 250 S.W.3d 263.  We find that said new evidence is \ninadmissible.     \n The Full Commission therefore denies the claimant’s motion to \nintroduce the April 28, 2023 correspondence from the Social Security \nAdministration. \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":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NOS. G503430 G902279 G902281 & G903969 BYRON D. WATKINS, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT L.A. DARLING COMPANY, LLC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA DEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:46.438Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-G503430-2023-05-26","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Watkins_Byron_G503430-G902279-G902281-G903969_20230526.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}