{"id":"full_commission-H407169-2026-04-23","awcc_number":"H407169","decision_date":"2026-04-23","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Michael Weaver","employer_name":"City Of Mountain Home","title":"WEAVER VS. CITY OF MOUNTAIN HOME AWCC# H407169 April 23, 2026","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3","denied:2"],"injury_keywords":["back","hip"],"pdf_url":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Weaver_Michael_H407169_20260423.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Weaver_Michael_H407169_20260423.pdf","text_length":2986,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H407169 \n \nMICHAEL B. WEAVER, EMPLOYEE    CLAIMANT \n \nCITY OF MOUNTAIN HOME, EMPLOYER                           RESPONDENT \n \nARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE \nWORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAM,  \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA                                                 RESPONDENT \n \n \nOPINION FILED April 23, 2026 \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 MARY K. EDWARDS, \nAttorney at Law, North Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nDecision of Administrative Law Judge:  Affirmed and Adopted. \n \n \nOPINION AND ORDER \n Claimant appeals an opinion and order of the Administrative Law \nJudge filed November 20, 2025. In said order, the Administrative Law \nJudge made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nhas jurisdiction over this claim.  \n \n2. That an employer/employee/carrier relationship existed \non April 1, 2023, and at all relevant times. \n \n\nWeaver-H407169        2  \n \n \n3. That the Claimant earned an average weekly wage of \n$792.72, sufficient for a TTD rate of $528.00 and a \nPPD rate of $396.00.  \n \n4. That Claimant has failed to prove by a preponderance \nof the evidence that he sustained a work-related injury \non the specific date of April 1, 2023. Additionally, there \nis no alternative but to find that the Claimant has also \nfailed to prove by a preponderance of the credible \nevidence that he established a work-related gradual \nonset injury to his lower back, his right hip, and groin, \nwith medical evidence supported by objective findings \nsufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Arkansas \nWorkers’ Compensation Act. \n \n5. That, consequently, all other issues are moot.  \n \n6. If not already paid, the respondents are ordered to pay \nfor the cost 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 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 that the findings of fact made by the Administrative Law \nJudge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full Commission.  \n Therefore, we affirm and adopt the November 20, 2025 decision of \nthe Administrative Law Judge, including all findings and conclusions \ntherein, as the decision of the Full Commission on appeal.  \n  \n\nWeaver-H407169        2  \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. H407169 MICHAEL B. WEAVER, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT CITY OF MOUNTAIN HOME, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAM, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED April 23, 2026 Upon review before ...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:43.561Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H407169-2026-04-23","pdf":"https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Weaver_Michael_H407169_20260423.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}