Title: Barbara Preston, Respondent, vs. Hitchin Rail, Inc., and RAM Mutual Insurance Company, Relators, Center for Diagnostic Imaging, BlueCross BlueShield, Medica, Downtown Orthopedics, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry/VRU, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Northern Orthopedics, St. Cloud Orthopedics, Bertha Medical Clinic, Intervenors.

State: minnesota

Issuer: Minnesota Supreme Court

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1 STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A12-1062 Barbara Preston, Respondent, vs. Hitchin Rail, Inc., and RAM Mutual Insurance Company, Relators, Center for Diagnostic Imaging, BlueCross BlueShield, Medica, Downtown Orthopedics, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry/VRU, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Northern Orthopedics, St. Cloud Orthopedics, Bertha Medical Clinic, Intervenors. ______________________________ Luke M. Seifert, Garin L. Strobl, Quinlivin & Hughes, P.A., Saint Cloud, Minnesota, for relators. Jerry J. Lindberg, Lindberg Law, P.C., Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, for respondent. _______________________________ Considered and decided by the court without oral argument. O R D E R Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein, 2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals filed on June 4, 2012, 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: December 18, 2012 BY THE COURT: /s/ Alan C. Page Associate Justice