Washek v. New Dimensions Home Healthcare, 923 N.W.2d 42 (2019)

Feb. 13, 2019 · Minnesota Supreme Court · A18-1520

923 N.W.2d 42

Tessa M. WASHEK, Respondent,
v.
NEW DIMENSIONS HOME HEALTHCARE and SFM Mutual Insurance Company, Relators.

A18-1520

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 13, 2019

Raymond R. Peterson, McCoy Peterson, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

Natalie K. Lund, Elizabeth R. Cox, Cousineau Waldhauser & Kieselbach, Mendota Heights, 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 August 24, 2018, be, and the same is, affirmed without opinion. See Hoff v. Kempton , 317 N.W.2d 361, 366 (Minn. 1982) (explaining that "[s]ummary affirmances have no precedential value because they do not commit the court to any particular point of view," doing no more than establishing the law of the case).

Employee is awarded $3,500 in attorney fees.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ ______________________________

Margaret H. Chutich

Associate Justice