{"id":"full_commission-H300809-2025-04-02","awcc_number":"H300809","decision_date":"2025-04-02","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"April Bennett","employer_name":"Fayetteville Public Schools","title":"BENNETT VS. FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AWCC# H300809 April 02, 2025","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:1","denied:2"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bennett_April_H300809_20250402.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Bennett_April_H300809_20250402.pdf","text_length":2542,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H300809 \n \nAPRIL BENNETT, EMPLOYEE    CLAIMANT \n \nFAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,  \nEMPLOYER                                                                           RESPONDENT \n \nARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS  \nASSOCIATION, CARRIER/TPA                                             RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED MARCH APRIL 2, 2025 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE EVELYN BROOKS, Attorney at \nFayetteville, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE JAMES A. ARNOLD II, \nAttorney at Law, Fort Smith, 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 August 12, 2024. 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-\nhearing conference conducted on March 4, 2024, and \ncontained in an Amended Pre-hearing Order filed \nMarch 12, 2024, are hereby accepted as fact.  \n \n2. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of \nthe evidence that she sustained a compensable \noccupational illness to her body as a whole due to \n\n \nBennett-H300809   2  \n \n \nexposure to mold in the workplace on or about \nFebruary 28, 2021. \n \n3. The claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance of \nthe evidence that she is entitled to medical treatment \nfor her alleged occupational illness due to exposure to \nmold in the workplace. \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 the findings of fact made by the Administrative Law Judge \nare correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full Commission.  \n Therefore, we affirm and adopt the August 12, 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    M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner","preview":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H300809 APRIL BENNETT, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED MARCH APRIL 2, 2025 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in L...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:44.328Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H300809-2025-04-02","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bennett_April_H300809_20250402.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}