Thomas A. Johnson, Relator, vs. AmeriPride Linen & Apparel Services, and CNA/Risk Enterprise Management, Ltd., Respondents, and Summit Orthopedics, Ltd., and HealthPartners, Inc., Intervenors.

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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A11-1086 Thomas A. Johnson, Relator, vs. AmeriPride Linen & Apparel Services, and CNA/Risk Enterprise Management, Ltd., Respondents, and Summit Orthopedics, Ltd., and HealthPartners, Inc., Intervenors. ________________________________ James T. Hansing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for relator. Gregg A. Johnson, Joseph P. Mitchell, Heacox, Hartman, Koshmrl, Cosgriff & Johnson, P.A., St. Paul, Minnesota, for respondents. __________________________________ Considered and decided by the court without oral argument. 1 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 May 19, 2011, 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: October 26, 2011 BY THE COURT: /s/ Alan C. Page Associate Justice MEYER, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. 2

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