{"id":"full_commission-H208338-2025-06-04","awcc_number":"H208338","decision_date":"2025-06-04","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Christine Bell","employer_name":"Fianna Hills Nursing Rehab Center","title":"BELL VS. FIANNA HILLS NURSING REHAB CENTER AWCC# H208338 June 04, 2025","outcome":"denied","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:3","denied:4"],"injury_keywords":["neck","back"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bell_Christine_H208338_20250604.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Bell_Christine_H208338_20250604.pdf","text_length":2720,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO.  H208338 \n \nCHRISTINE BELL, EMPLOYEE  CLAIMANT \n \nFIANNA HILLS NURSING REHAB CENTER,  \nEMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nAMTRUST NORTH AMERICA,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED JUNE 4, 2025 \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 WILLIAM C. FRYE, \nAttorney at Law, North 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 28, 2025.  In said order, the Administrative Law Judge \nmade the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The stipulations agreed to by the parties at the pre-hearing \nconference conducted on April 15, 2024, and contained in a \nPre-hearing Order filed April 23, 2024, are hereby accepted \nas fact.  \n \n2. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that she sustained a compensable injury to her neck \n\n \nBELL - H208338  2\n  \n \n \nand low back on or about December 29, 2020, and/or \nDecember 30, 2020.  \n \n3. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that she is entitled to medical treatment for her \nalleged neck and low back injuries. \n \n4. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that she is entitled to temporary total disability \nbenefits from March 31, 2021, to a date yet to be determined.  \n \n5. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the \nevidence that her attorney is entitled to an attorney’s fee. \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 January 28, \n2025 decision is supported by a preponderance of the credible evidence, \ncorrectly applies the law, and should be affirmed.  Specifically, we find from \na preponderance of the evidence that the findings of fact made by the \nAdministrative Law Judge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by \nthe Full Commission.  \n Therefore we affirm and adopt the decision of the Administrative Law \nJudge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as the decision of the \nFull Commission on appeal.  \n  \n \n\n \nBELL - H208338  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. H208338 CHRISTINE BELL, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT FIANNA HILLS NURSING REHAB CENTER, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT AMTRUST NORTH AMERICA, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED JUNE 4, 2025 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Litt...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:44.171Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H208338-2025-06-04","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bell_Christine_H208338_20250604.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}