{"id":"full_commission-H200157-2024-06-26","awcc_number":"H200157","decision_date":"2024-06-26","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Lindsey Crane","employer_name":"Hobby Lobby Stores Inc","title":"CRANE VS. HOBBY LOBBY STORES INC. AWCC# H200157 JUNE 26, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:1","granted:1","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Crane_Lindsey_H200157_20240626.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Crane_Lindsey_H200157_20240626.pdf","text_length":2113,"full_text":"1 \n \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nFILE NO. H200157 \nLINDSEY M. CRANE, EMPLOYEE        CLAIMANT \nHOBBY LOBBY STORES INC., EMPLOYER          RESPONDENT \nINDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY \nOF NORTH AMERICA, CARRIER            RESPONDENT \n \nSEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT  \nSERVICES, INC., TPA                     RESPONDENT \n \nORDER FILED JUNE 26, 2024 \nUpon  review  before  the  FULL  COMMISSION  in  Little  Rock,  Pulaski  County, \nArkansas.  \n \nClaimant was represented by the HONORABLE EDDIE H. WALKER, Attorney at \nLaw, Fort Smith, Arkansas.  \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE KEVIN J. STATEN, Attorney at Law, \nLittle Rock, Arkansas.  \nORDER \n  This matter comes before the Full Commission on the Respondents’ \nMOTION TO SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENTS’ COUNSEL AND INCORPORATED \nBRIEF BY REFERENCE.  The Full Commission grants the motion. \n  An Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter referred to as “ALJ”) filed an \nopinion on September 8, 2023.  The ALJ found, among other things, that the \nClaimant proved she was entitled to temporary total disability benefits and \nadditional medical treatment.  The ALJ found that the Respondents failed to prove \nan Independent Medical Evaluation was reasonably necessary.  The Respondents \nappealed the ALJ’s opinion and the Claimant cross-appealed.   \n\n2 \n \n  In an opinion filed February 27, 2024, the Full Commission affirmed and \nadopted the ALJ’s  September 8, 2023 decision.  There has been no appeal of the \nFull Commission’s opinion filed February 27, 2024, and therefore the opinion is \nnow final.  Ark. Code Ann. §11-9-711(b)(1)(Supp. 2023).   \n  The Respondents have moved to substitute Newkirk and Jones Law \nFirm, PLLC as counsel for the Respondents.  The Claimant has not filed an \nobjection, and the Full Commission grants the motion. \n IT IS SO ORDERED.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n_______________________________\n \n  \n \nSCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman\n \n           \n \n \n_\n______________________________\n \n   \nM. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner\n  \n \n \n                       \n__________________________\n_____\n \n \n  \n  \nMICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner","preview":"1 BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION FILE NO. H200157 LINDSEY M. CRANE, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT HOBBY LOBBY STORES INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, CARRIER RESPONDENT SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., TPA RESPONDENT ORDER FILED JUNE 26, 2024 Upon review before...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:45.402Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H200157-2024-06-26","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Crane_Lindsey_H200157_20240626.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}