Ex Parte Cowabunga, Inc.

Cowabunga, Inc., d/b/a Domino’s Pizza (“the employer”), filed a notice of appeal from an order entered by the Autauga Circuit Court (“the trial court”) finding that Thomas W. Short (“the employee”) had sustained an injury and that that injury is covered by the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq., and requiring the employer to pay for medical treatment recommended by the employee’s authorized treating physician. We elect to treat the appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus; however, because the trial court’s order does not contain findings of fact…