James Chapman vs. White River Health System, Inc

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H403662 JAMES L. CHAPMAN, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT WHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT SI ADMINISTRATOR/RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED APRIL 30, 2025 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Claimant appeared pro se Respondents represented by the HONORABLE KENNETH “CASEY” P. CASTLEBERRY, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. Decision of Administrative Law Judge: Affirmed and Adopted. OPINION AND ORDER Claimant appeals an opinion and order of the Administrative Law Judge filed January 15, 2025. In said order, the Administrative Law Judge made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: 1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has jurisdiction over this claim. 2. That an employer/employee/carrier relationship existed on May 23, 2024, when the claimant sustained a compensable injury to his right ring finger which the respondents accepted as medical only.

Chapman-H403662 2 3. The claimant earned an average hourly wage of $13.39 and worked a forty (40) hour week. 4. The respondents have paid the sum of $1,128.55 in medical expenses. 5. That the claimant has failed to satisfy the required burden of proof to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that additional medical treatment is reasonable and necessary for the compensable ring finger wound. 6. That the claimant has failed to satisfy the required burden of proof to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he is entitled to temporary total disability from May 25, 2024, to a date to be determined. We have carefully conducted a de novo review of the entire record herein, and it is our opinion the Administrative Law Judge's decision is supported by a preponderance of the credible evidence, correctly applies the law, and should be affirmed. Specifically, we find from a preponderance of the evidence the findings of fact made by the Administrative Law Judge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full Commission. Therefore, we affirm and adopt the January 15, 2025 decision of the Administrative Law Judge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as the decision of the Full Commission on appeal.

Chapman-H403662 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. ___________________________________ SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman ___________________________________ M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner ___________________________________ MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner