{"id":"full_commission-H202720-2024-09-11","awcc_number":"H202720","decision_date":"2024-09-11","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"William Middleton","employer_name":"L & L Metal Fabrication, Inc","title":"MIDDLETON VS. L & L METAL FABRICATION, INC. AWCC# H202720 September 11, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Middleton_William_H202720_20240911.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Middleton_William_H202720_20240911.pdf","text_length":1904,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO.  H202720 \n \nWILLIAM L. MIDDLETON, EMPLOYEE  CLAIMANT \n \nL & L METAL FABRICATION, INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nAMERISURE INSURANCE COMPANY,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE MATTHEW J. KETCHAM, \nAttorney at Law, Fort Smith, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE KAREN H. McKINNEY, \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nDecision of Administrative Law Judge:  Affirmed and Adopted. \n \nOPINION AND ORDER \n The claimant appeals an administrative law judge’s opinion filed \nNovember 30, 2023.  The administrative law judge entered the following \nfindings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The stipulations agreed to by the parties at a pre-hearing \nconference conducted on April 13, 2023, and contained in a pre-\nhearing order filed that same date are hereby accepted as fact.   \n \n2.  Claimant is barred from pursuing this matter because he elected \na remedy in civil court and resolved that matter via a settlement. \n \n After reviewing the entire record de novo, it is our opinion that the \nadministrative law judge’s decision is supported by a preponderance of the \n\n \nMIDDLETON - H202720  2\n  \n \n \nevidence, correctly applies the law, and should be affirmed.  Therefore we \naffirm and adopt the administrative law judge’s November 30, 2023 decision \nas the opinion of the Full Commission on appeal.  See SSI, Inc. v. Cates, \n2009 Ark. App. 763, 350 S.W.3d 421.   \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. H202720 WILLIAM L. MIDDLETON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT L & L METAL FABRICATION, INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT AMERISURE INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 Upon review before the FULL COMM...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:44.955Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H202720-2024-09-11","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Middleton_William_H202720_20240911.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}