Ex Parte Cowabunga, Inc.

I agree that the trial court must enter appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law. However, I believe that the order entered by the trial court constituted a final judgment from which an appeal, not a petition for a writ of mandamus, lies.

Section 25 — 5—81(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975, provides that a controversy between an employer and an employee regarding “the right to compensation ... or the amount thereof’ shall be submitted to the circuit court in the county that would have jurisdiction of a civil action sounding in tort between the parties. Although “compensation” is defined,…