{"id":"full_commission-H303124-2025-02-05","awcc_number":"H303124","decision_date":"2025-02-05","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"David Otwell","employer_name":"Jerry Lynn Roberson","title":"OTWELL VS. JERRY LYNN ROBERSON AWCC# H303124 February 05, 2025","outcome":"unknown","outcome_keywords":[],"injury_keywords":[],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Otwell_David_H303124_20250205.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Otwell_David_H303124_20250205.pdf","text_length":2269,"full_text":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \n \nCLAIM NO.  H303124 \n \nDAVID OTWELL, \nEMPLOYEE \n \nCLAIMANT \nJERRY LYNN ROBERSON,  \nEMPLOYER \n \nRESPONDENT \nEMPLOYERS PREFERRED INSURANCE CO., \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA \nRESPONDENT \n  \n      \nOPINION FILED FEBRUARY 5, 2025 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE FREDERICK S. “RICK” \nSPENCER, Attorney at Law, Mountain Home, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE JAMES A. ARNOLD, II, \nAttorney at Law, Fort Smith, Arkansas. \n \n ORDER \n The claimant has moved for an “EXTENSION TO FILE BRIEF”  The \nFull Commission grants the motion.   \n An administrative law judge filed an opinion on November 1, 2024.  \nThe administrative law judge found, “2.  That the claimant has failed to \nsatisfy the required burden of proof to show that an employer/employee \ncarrier relationship existed on June 25, 2025, the date of the injury.”  The \nclaimant filed a timely notice of appeal, and the Clerk of the Commission \nestablished an initial briefing schedule.  The Clerk of the Commission \ninformed the parties, “Claimant’s brief will be due December 3, 2024.”  The \nclaimant then filed a timely request for a 30-day extension to file his brief, \n\nOTWELL - H303124  2\n  \n \n \nand the respondents did not object.  A Legal Support Specialist revised the \nbriefing schedule and informed the parties, “Claimant’s brief will now be due \n1/2/2025.”   \n On December 20, 2024, counsel filed a MOTION FOR EXTENSION \nTO FILE BRIEF” and stated, “That as a result of his surgery on December \n17, 2024 and due to the length of his recovery from said surgery, that is \nnecessary for him to request this extension to file Claimant’s Brief.”  The \nrespondents state that they do not object to the requested extension. \n The Full Commission therefore grants the claimant’s motion filed \nDecember 20, 2024, and we direct the Clerk of the Commission to establish \na final briefing schedule. \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner","preview":"BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H303124 DAVID OTWELL, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT JERRY LYNN ROBERSON, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT EMPLOYERS PREFERRED INSURANCE CO., INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED FEBRUARY 5, 2025","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:44.566Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H303124-2025-02-05","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Otwell_David_H303124_20250205.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}