{"id":"full_commission-H302335-2025-09-17","awcc_number":"H302335","decision_date":"2025-09-17","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"John Boman","employer_name":"Central Moloney, Inc","title":"BOMAN VS. CENTRAL MOLONEY, INC AWCC# H302335 September 17, 2025","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","denied:1"],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Boman_John_H302335_20250917.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Boman_John_H302335_20250917.pdf","text_length":2701,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H302335 \n  \nJOHN BOMAN, EMPLOYEE  CLAIMANT \n \nCENTRAL MOLONEY, INC, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC.,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE GREGORY R. GILES, Attorney \nat Law, Texarkana, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE GUY A. WADE, Attorney at \nLaw, 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 June 10, 2025.  In said order, the Administrative Law Judge \nmade the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The Commission has jurisdiction over this claim.  \n \n2. The stipulations as set forth above are accepted.  \n \n3. Because  the  claimant’s  post-accident   drug   screen   returned \npositive for marijuana metabolites, a presumption exists under Ark. \nCode  Ann.  §  11-9- 102(4)(B)(iv)  that  his  injury  was  substantially \noccasioned by the use of illegal drugs.  \n\n \nBOMAN - H302335  2\n  \n \n \n4. The claimant has failed to rebut the presumption that his injury was \nsubstantially  occasioned  by  the  use  of  illegal  drugs  and  has, \ntherefore, failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that \nhe suffered a compensable injury. \n \n5. Because of the finding above, the claims for medical and indemnity \nbenefits  associated  with  a  compensable  injury  are  moot  and  will \nnot be addressed.  \n \n6. The claim for a controverted attorney’s fee is also moot and will not \nbe addressed. \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 June 10, \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\n \nBOMAN - H302335  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. H302335 JOHN BOMAN, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT CENTRAL MOLONEY, INC, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC., INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Littl...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:43.988Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H302335-2025-09-17","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Boman_John_H302335_20250917.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}