Davis Plumbing Co. v. Burns

On Application for Reheating

This court’s opinion of December 8, 2006, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

Davis Plumbing Company, Inc., petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order granting William Burns’s motion for a declaratory judgment and to enter an order in Davis Plumbing’s favor. We conclude that the trial court’s order was a final judgment, treat the petition for a writ of mandamus as an appeal, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Burns sued his employer Davis Plumbing for workers’ compensation benefits,…