{"id":"full_commission-G506822-2024-05-07","awcc_number":"G506822","decision_date":"2024-05-07","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Sayel Mohammed","employer_name":null,"title":"MOHAMMED VS.MAVERICK TRANSPORTATION AWCC# G506822 MAY 7, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Mohammed_Sayel_G506822_20240507.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Mohammed_Sayel_G506822_20240507.pdf","text_length":3516,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO.  G506822 \n \nSAYEL MOHAMMED (DEC’D), EMPLOYEE             CLAIMANT \n \nMAVERICK TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1 \n \nCORVEL ENTERPISE COMP, INC.,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT NO. 1 \n \nDEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL  \nDISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT NO. 2 \n \nOPINION FILED MAY 7, 2024 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE GARY DAVIS, Attorney at Law, Little \nRock, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents No. 1 represented by the HONORABLE DAVID C. JONES,  \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents No. 2 represented by the HONORABLE DAVID L. PAKE,  Attorney \nat 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 November 14, 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 \nover this claim. \n\n \nMOHAMMED - G506822  2\n  \n \n \n2. That an employer/employee relationship existed on or about \nSeptember 9, 2015, when Sayel Mohammed sustained a \ncompensable injury resulting in his death. \n \n3. At the time of the injury, Sayel Mohammed earned an average \nweekly wage of $1,100.13.  \n \n4. On September 9, 2015, Sayel Mohammed was married to Krystle \nMartish.  \n \n5. On September 24, 2015, the carrier filed an Amended AR-2, \naccepting the compensability of the claim.  \n \n6. On March 28, 2017, Krystle Martish filed an AR-C for widow’s \nbenefits in Arkansas.  \n \n7. The respondent/carrier paid funeral expenses.  \n \n8. On August 4, 2017, Krystle Martish filed a request for voluntary \ndismissal of her claim.  \n9.  \nOn August 8, 2017, the parents of Sayel Mohammed filed an AR-C, \nclaiming rights to parental survivor benefits arising out of the death \nof their son on September 9, 2015.  \n \n10. On November 13, 2017, an Order of Dismissal of the claim filed by \nKrystle Martish was entered. \n \n11. That the parents of the decedent, Yaha I Mohammed and Yursa \nYameen Salama, have failed to satisfy the required burden of proof \nto show that they are entitled to partial dependency death benefits \npursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-111 and Ark. Code Ann. §11-9- \n527.  \n \n12. The question of attorney fees is moot.  \n\n \nMOHAMMED - G506822  3\n  \n \n \n13. If not already paid, the respondents are ordered to pay for the cost \nof the transcript 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 November 14, 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 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. G506822 SAYEL MOHAMMED (DEC’D), EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT MAVERICK TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1 CORVEL ENTERPISE COMP, INC., INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT NO. 1 DEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT ...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:45.418Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-G506822-2024-05-07","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Mohammed_Sayel_G506822_20240507.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}