CLAIM NO. D101509
Before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission
ORDER FILED APRIL 5, 2002
Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Claimant represented by HONORABLE ZAN DAVIS, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Respondent No. 1 represented by HONORABLE MARK ALAN PEOPLES, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Respondent No. 2 represented by HONORABLE GAIL PONDER GAINES, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
ORDER
This matter is currently before the Full Workers’ Compensation Commission on Respondent No. 1’s Motion for Clarification. The Commission issued an Order on February 28, 2002, affirming and adopting the Administrative Law Judge’s decisions from August 3, 2001, and August 15, 2001. In the Commission’s Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law, we failed to make it clear that we intended to affirm and adopt the Administrative Law Judge’s Amended Opinion of August 15, 2001. Specifically, the Finding of Fact No. 2 was amended by the Administrative Law Judge’s Opinion on August 15, 2001. Our February 28, 2002, Opinion noted the finding that was included in the August 3, 2001, Opinion.
After considering the respondent’s Motion, the claimant’s lack of response thereto, and all other matters properly before the Commission, we grant the respondent’s Motion for Clarification. Accordingly, Finding of Fact No. 2 contained in the Commission’s February 28, 2002, Opinion and Order, is hereby amended to read:
Respondent No. 1, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, is liable for all medical expenses associated with the claimant’s hospitalization beginning at St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on August 8, 1999, whether those expenses were incurred at St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center or some other health provider, and continuing until the claimant’s death on October 4, 2000.
Accordingly, we find that the respondent’s Motion for Clarification should be and is hereby granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
_______________________________ ELDON F. COFFMAN, Chairman
_______________________________ SHELBY W. TURNER, Commissioner
_______________________________ JOE E. YATES, Commissioner