{"id":"full_commission-H403830-2026-01-13","awcc_number":"H403830","decision_date":"2026-01-13","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Caleb Tennis","employer_name":"Conway Regional Medical Center","title":"TENNIS VS. CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AWCC# H403830 January 13, 2026","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","granted:1"],"injury_keywords":["back"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Tennis_Caleb_H403830_20260113.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Tennis_Caleb_H403830_20260113.pdf","text_length":2670,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H403830 \n \nCALEB TENNIS, EMPLOYEE  CLAIMANT \n \nCONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, \nEMPLOYER RESPONDENT \n \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED JANUARY 13, 2026 \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 MELISSA WOOD, Attorney \nat Law, 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 September 16, 2025.  In said order, the Administrative Law \nJudge made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has \njurisdiction over this claim. \n \n2. That an employer/employee relationship existed on or about \nFebruary 6, 2023, when the claimant sustained a compensable \ninjury to his low back.  \n \n \n\n \nTENNIS - H403830  2\n  \n \n3. That at the time of the injury, the claimant was earning an \naverage weekly wage of $721.07, sufficient for a TTD rate of \n$481.00 and a PPD rate of $361.00.  \n \n4. The claim was accepted as a compensable medical only claim. \n \n5. That the claimant has failed to satisfy the required burden of \nproof by a preponderance of the credible evidence that he is \nentitled to a permanent partial disability rating (PPD) to the body \nas a whole.  \n \n6. That as a result of the above finding, the issue of attorney fees \nare moot. \n \n7. If not already paid, the respondents are ordered to pay for the \ncost of the transcript forthwith.  \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 September \n16, 2025 decision is supported by a preponderance of the credible \nevidence, correctly applies the law, and should be affirmed.  Specifically, \nwe find from a preponderance of the evidence that the findings of fact made \nby the Administrative Law Judge are correct and they are, therefore, \nadopted by the 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 \nTENNIS - H403830  3\n  \n \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n    ___________________________________ \n    SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner \n \n \n     \nCommissioner Willhite dissents.","preview":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H403830 CALEB TENNIS, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED JANUARY 13, 2026 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in L...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:43.882Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H403830-2026-01-13","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Tennis_Caleb_H403830_20260113.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}