VICKY JACKSON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT
v.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SCIENCE, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT NO. 1
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION, THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR (TPA) RESPONDENT NO. 1
DEATH AND PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT NO. 2
Claim No. G702146
Arkansas Workers Compensation
Before the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission
October 1, 2019
A
hearing was held before ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE CHANDRA L.
BLACK, on September 25, 2019, Pulaski County, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Claimant, pro se, failed to appear at the hearing.
Respondents no. 1 were represented by Mr. Robert Montgomery,
Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Respondent no. 2 was represented by Mr. David Pake, Attorney
at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Pake waived appearance at
the hearing.
OPINION
CHANDRA L. BLACK, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.
STATEMENT
OF THE CASE
A
hearing was held on September 25, 2019, in the present matter
pursuant to Dillard v. Benton County Sheriff's
Office, 87 Ark.App. 379, 192 S.W.3d 287 (2004), to
determine whether the above-referenced matter should be
dismissed for failure to prosecute under the provisions of
Ark. Code Ann. §11-9-702, and Arkansas Workers'
Compensation Commission Rule 099.13.
Appropriate
Notice of this hearing was had on all parties to their last
known address, in the manner prescribed by law.
The
record consists of the transcript of the September 25, 2019,
hearing and the documents contained therein. The remainder of
the Commission's file has also been made a part of the
record in this matter. It is hereby incorporated herein by
reference.
DISCUSSION
The
claimant sustained multiple compensable injuries on or about
March 22, 2017. The claimant's former attorney filed a
Form AR-C, on May 11, 2017, stating that the claimant
sustained injuries on March 22, 2017, when a locker fell on
her. According to this Form AR-C, the claimant sustained
injuries to her neck, face, right shoulder, right arm, and
other whole body. All of the boxes...