JOHN E. CAMP, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT
v.
KRISPY KREME LITTLE ROCK, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1
And
LIBERTY INS. CORP./ LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP, INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT NO. 1
STATE OF ARKANSAS, DEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT NO. 2
CLAIM No. G900427
Arkansas Workers Compensation
Before the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission
September 22, 2021
The
claimant, John E. Camp, pro se, of Bryant, Saline County,
Arkansas, appeared pro se.
Respondent No. 1 was represented by the Honorable Michael E.
Ryburn, Ryburn Law Firm, Little Rock, Pulaski County,
Arkansas.
Respondent No. 2, represented by the Honorable Christy L.
King, waived appearance at the hearing.
Hearing conducted on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, before
the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (the
Commission), Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Mike Pickens, in
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
OPINION
AND ORDER FILED SEPTEMBER 22, 2021, DENYING RESPONDENT NO.
1’S MOTION TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE FILED WITH THE
COMMISSION ON APRIL 12, 2021; AND NUNC PRO TUNC
ORDER
Mike
Pickens Administrative Law Judge
STATEMENT
OF THE CASE
A
hearing was conducted on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, to
determine whether this claim should be dismissed for lack of
prosecution pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
11-9-702(a)(4) (2020 Lexis Replacement) and Commission Rule
099.13 (2020 Lexis Repl.). A hearing also was held in this
claim for this same purpose on Monday, May 17, 2021. By an
opinion and order filed and entered of record on May 18, 2021
(the filed order incorrectly states the date of the order as
“May 18, 2020”), the ALJ held Respondent No.
1’s motion to dismiss in abeyance, and granted the
claimant’s request to give him an additional 45 days to
try to locate and retain an attorney to represent him in this
matter. (Commission’s Exhibit 1).
By
handwritten letter dated July 12, 2021, addressed to the
ALJ’s administrative assistant, Ms. Sandra Nichols, the
claimant advised he had been unable to find and retain
counsel to represent him in this claim...
