Case Title: Mark D. Schmitt, Respondent, vs. Innovative Lawn Systems, Inc., Respondent, and American Interstate Insurance Co., Respondent, and West Bend Mutual Insurance Co., Relator, and MN. Dept. of Labor & Industry, Voc. Rehab. Unit, MN. Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul Radiology, Regions Hospital, Intervenors, and Special Compensation Fund.

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Docket Number: A07-1212

State: minnesota

Court: Minnesota Supreme Court

Date: 2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A07-1212 Mark D. Schmitt, Respondent, vs. Innovative Lawn Systems, Inc., Respondent, and American Interstate Insurance Co., Respondent, and West Bend Mutual Insurance Co., Relator, and MN. Dept. of Labor & Industry, Voc. Rehab. Unit, MN. Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul Radiology, Regions Hospital, Intervenors, and Special Compensation Fund. Considered and decided by the court en banc. O R D E R Based upon all the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals filed May 24, 2007, 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). Dated: September 26, 2007 BY THE COURT:     /s/  Helen M. Meyer Associate Justice