Thomas v. Color Country Management

¶ 29 I write separately to discuss an issue alluded to in footnote two of the majority opinion. In that footnote, we state that “any argument made by Thomas that her abstract of award should be evaluated using section 35-1-59, the section governing abstracts of awards that existed at the time of her injury, as opposed to the later amended section 34A-2-212, is ... moot.” ■ Thomas did, in fact, advance such an argument, and but for its mootness, I would find it determinative in this case. It raises the important question of how we analyze whether to apply statutory amendments — and…