Thomas v. Color Country Management

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

¶ 1 In this case, we consider whether an order from an administrative law judge to an employer to initiate subsistence payments for an injured employee is enforceable before the administrative decision-making process has reached its end. Nellie Thomas, an employee of Color Country Management (“Color Country”), was injured in the course of her employment, and an administrative law judge for the Utah Labor Commission (“Commission”) made an initial finding that she qualified for permanent total disability compensation. When Color Country refused to comply with…