{"id":"full_commission-H108821-2024-05-03","awcc_number":"H108821","decision_date":"2024-05-03","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Wanda Muldrow","employer_name":"Department Of Workforce Services","title":"MULDROW VS. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES AWCC# H108821 MAY 3, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:4","modified:1","granted:3","denied:3"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Muldrow_Wanda_H108821_20240503.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Muldrow_Wanda_H108821_20240503.pdf","text_length":3333,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H108821 \n \nWANDA MULDROW, EMPLOYEE    CLAIMANT \n \nDEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES, \nEMPLOYER                                                                           RESPONDENT \n \nSTATE OF ARKANSAS/PUBLIC EMPLOYEE  \nCLAIMS DIVISION, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA                 RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED MAY 3, 2024 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE GREGORY R. GILES, Attorney \nat Law, Texarkana, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE CHARLES H. McLEMORE, \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 \nJudge filed January 19, 2024. In said order, the Administrative Law Judge \nmade the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The stipulations contained in the prehearing order filed \nSeptember 20, 2023, which the parties modified and \naffirmed on the record at the hearing, hereby are \naccepted as facts. \n  \n2. The claimant has failed to meet her burden of proof in \ndemonstrating she is entitled to TTD benefits from \nMarch 8, 2022, through August 14, 2023. \n \n\n \nMuldrow-H108821    2  \n \n \n3. The claimant’s attorney is not entitled to a fee on these \nfacts. \n \n We have carefully conducted a de novo review of the entire record \nherein and it is our opinion that the Administrative Law Judge's decision is \nsupported by a preponderance of the credible evidence, correctly applies \nthe law, and should be affirmed. Specifically, we find from a preponderance \nof the evidence that the findings of fact made by the Administrative Law \nJudge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full Commission.  \n Therefore, we affirm and adopt the January 19, 2024 decision of the \nAdministrative Law Judge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as \nthe decision of the Full Commission on appeal.  \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n    ___________________________________ \n    SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman \n \n     \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner \n \n \nCommissioner Willhite concurs. \nCONCURRING OPINION \n After my de novo review of the entire record, I concur with the \nmajority opinion finding that the Claimant failed to prove by a \n\n \nMuldrow-H108821    3  \n \n \npreponderance of the evidence that she is entitled to temporary total \ndisability benefits from March 8, 2022, through August 14, 2023.  I write \nseparately for the benefit of the Claimant.  \n While Claimant did sustain a compensable injury to her left index \nfinger, there does not appear to be any evidence in the record that Claimant \nhas met the requirements of Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-521(a). There is no \nevidence in the record that Claimant’s authorized physician restricted her \nability to work because of her compensable injury. Thus, I cannot say that \nthe Claimant’s injury to her left index finger entitled Claimant to temporary \ntotal disability benefits from March 8, 2022, through August 14, 2023.  \n For the foregoing reasons, I concur with the majority opinion. \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner","preview":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H108821 WANDA MULDROW, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT STATE OF ARKANSAS/PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED MAY 3, 2024 Upon review before th...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:45.412Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H108821-2024-05-03","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Muldrow_Wanda_H108821_20240503.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}