Ransom, 041019 ARWC, G703527

• Case Date: April 10, 2019
• Court: Kansas

KIMBERLEE RANSOM CLAIMANT SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIER, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT No. G703527 Arkansas Workers Compensation Before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission April 10, 2019          Hearing before Administrative Law Judge James D. Kennedy in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas on April 10, 2019.           Claimant is pro se and failed to appear.           Respondents are represented by their attorney, David C. Jones of Little Rock, Arkansas.           JAMES D. KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.          STATEMENT OF THE CASE          A hearing was held in the above styled matter on April 10, 2019, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on respondent’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to prosecute pursuant to Arkansas Code Ann. §11-9-702 and Rule 099.13 of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act. The claimant was pro se and failed to appear for the hearing. The claimant alleged that on or about May 11, 2017, she sustained injuries to her low back and left hip arising out of her course of employment. The respondents filed a Form AR-1 with the Commission on or about May 23, 2017, and an AR-2 was filed on May 25, 2017, denying the claim as compensable. On or about May 26, 2017, the Legal Advisor Division of the Commission notified the Claimant of the Respondent’s position, as well as notifying the Claimant of the right to prosecute the claim. On or about July 12, 2017, the Claimant filed a letter with the Commission requesting a hearing. The parties agreed to mediation and a Mediation Conference was held on October 3, 2017, during which an agreement was reached. On October 9, 2017, an Agreed Order confirming the Respondent’s agreement to pay the Claimant’s initial medical evaluation, as well as to reimburse the Claimant for her out-of-pocket expense was executed, and the Respondents complied. On or about March 1, 2018, the Claimant requested another hearing before the Commission. On March 29, 2018, the Claimant again filed a new Legal Advisor Questionnaire requesting another Mediation Conference be held on her claim. In April of 2018, this matter was transferred to the adjudication division...