Smith, 042419 ARWC, G507122

• Case Date: April 24, 2019
• Court: Kansas

JENNIFER SMITH, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT ARKANSAS DEPTARTMENT OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DIVISION, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT CLAIM No. G507122 Arkansas Workers Compensation Before The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission April 24, 2019          9/9/2015           Hearing before Chief Administrative Law Judge Andrew L. Blood, on April 24, 2019, at Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.           Claimant, pro se, failed to appear.           Respondents represented by the Honorable Robert H. Montgomery, Attorney-at-Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.           ANDREW L. BLOOD, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.          STATEMENT OF THE CASE          A hearing was conducted in the above-styled claim on the Motion to Dismiss filed herein by respondents. The claimant was provided appropriate notice of the Motion to Dismiss, via Certified Mail – Return Receipt Requested, at her current address. The claimant failed to respond to the notice letter, and as a consequence of that failure, a hearing was scheduled on the Motion before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The claimant failed to attend the scheduled hearing.          Comprising the record in this claim is the Motion to Dismiss filed by respondents, as well as an exhibit consisting of sixteen (16) pages, along with the entire file of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission in this claim.          DISCUSSION          Jennifer Smith, the claimant, with a date of birth of July 24, 1978, commenced her employment with respondent on September 2, 2002, as an auditor. The claimant asserts that she suffered an injury arising out of and in the course of her employment September 9, 2015. The claimant asserts that after sitting at her desk working her eight (8) hour shift to make a deadline, she felt a sharp pain in her lower back when she adjusted her seat to take a break and got up. The record reflects that the claimant last worked on September 9, 2015, and that she notified respondent of her injury on September 10, 2015.          The respondent completed a Workers Compensation – First Report of...