Leal v. Knife River Corp., 909 N.W.2d 595 (2018)

April 10, 2018 · Minnesota Supreme Court · A17-0527

909 N.W.2d 595

Roberto U. VARELA LEAL, Respondent,
v.
KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION,
and
Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies, Relators,

Integrated Care Clinics, P.A., Big Lake Spine & Sport, P.A., Workmed Midwest, P.A., Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Mickelson Rehabilitation, Intervenors.

A17-0527

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Dated: April 10, 2018

Karl F. von Reuter, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

Joshua M. Steinbrecher, Alison R. Umland, Heacox, Hartman, Koshmrl, Cosgriff, Johnson, Lane & Feenstra, P.A., Saint Paul, Minnesota, for relators.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

ORDER

Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Workers Compensation Court of Appeals, filed March 3, 2017, be, and the same is, affirmed without opinion. See Hoff v. Kempton , 317 N.W.2d 361, 366 (Minn. 1982) ("Summary affirmances have no precedential value because they do not commit the court to any particular point of view. They do no more than establish the law of the case.").

Employee is awarded $1,200 in attorney fees.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ ______________________________

Lorie S. Gildea

Chief Justice