{"id":"full_commission-H206340-2025-12-12","awcc_number":"H206340","decision_date":"2025-12-12","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Librado Martinez","employer_name":"Russellville School District","title":"MARTINEZ VS. RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT AWCC# H206340 December 12, 2025","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:2","denied:2"],"injury_keywords":["back"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Martinez_Librado_H206340_20251212.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Martinez_Librado_H206340_20251212.pdf","text_length":2937,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \nCLAIM NO. H206340 \n \n \nLIBRADO MARTINEZ, EMPLOYEE  CLAIMANT \n \n \nRUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT,  \nEMPLOYER                                                                           RESPONDENT \n \n \nARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, \nCARRIER                                                                               RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION FILED DECEMBER 12, 2025 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE MICHAEL L. ELLIG, Attorney at \nLaw, Fort Smith, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE JARROD S. PARRISH, \nAttorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nDecision of Administrative Law Judge:  Affirmed and Adopted. \n \n \nOPINION AND ORDER \n Claimant appeals an opinion and order of the Administrative Law \nJudge filed July 14, 2025. In said order, the Administrative Law Judge made \nthe following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The stipulations agreed to by the parties at the pre-\nhearing conference conducted on November 13, 2024, \nand contained in a pre-hearing order filed that same \ndate are hereby accepted as fact.  \n\n \nMartinez-H206340    2  \n \n \n \n \n2. The parties’ stipulation that claimant earned an \naverage weekly of $543.12 which would entitle him to \ncompensation at the rates of $362.00 for temporary \ntotal disability benefits and $272.00 for permanent \npartial disability benefits is also hereby accepted as \nfact.  \n \n3. Claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that he is entitled to payment of medical \ntreatment provided by Dr. Rafi and Dr. Gandhi. The \nmedical treatment provided by those physicians was \nunauthorized; therefore, respondent is not liable for \npayment.  \n \n4. Claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that he is entitled to additional temporary total \ndisability benefits for his compensable low back injury. \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 July 14, 2025 decision of the \nAdministrative Law Judge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as \nthe decision of the Full Commission on appeal.  \n  \n\n \nMartinez-H206340    3  \n \n \n \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. H206340 LIBRADO MARTINEZ, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, CARRIER RESPONDENT OPINION FILED DECEMBER 12, 2025 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Lit...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:43.940Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H206340-2025-12-12","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Martinez_Librado_H206340_20251212.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}