ANDERSON v. WINBURN TILE MANUFACTURING CO., 2008 AWCC 108

CLAIM NO. B204200

JAMES ANDERSON, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT v. WINBURN TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE CARRIER RESPONDENT.

Before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission
OPINION FILED SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Claimant appears Pro Se.

Respondent did not appear.

ORDER
The claimant, pro se, appeals an administrative law judge’s pre-hearing order filed May 5, 2008. The administrative law judge found, among other things, that the case should be returned to general files. We have held on several occasions that a pre-hearing order is not a final, appealable order. Barbosa v. Curt Bean Lumber Company, Full Commission Opinion filed September 3, 2003 (F004211). As this claim is not yet ripe for consideration by the Full Commission, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-704, we hereby remand this case to the administrative law judge to schedule a timely hearing on the claimant’s claim for additional benefits.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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________________________________ OLAN W. REEVES, Chairman
________________________________ KAREN H. McKINNEY, Commissioner
________________________________ PHILIP A. HOOD, Commissioner

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