Michael J. Burlingame, Respondent, vs. Becker Brothers, Inc., and Builders & Contractors SIG Fund/MIG and Meadowbrook Insurance Group -- BCWCF, Relators.

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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A11-286 Michael J. Burlingame, Respondent, vs. Becker Brothers, Inc., and Builders & Contractors SIG Fund/MIG and Meadowbrook Insurance Group BCWCF, Relators. ________________________________ James E. Lindell, Lindell & LaVoie, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. Craig B. Nichols, Hansen, Dordell, Bradt, Odlaug & Bradt, P.L.L.P., St. 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 February 2, 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 1 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 $1,200 in attorney fees. Dated: May 25, 2011 BY THE COURT: /s/ Lorie S. Gildea Chief Justice 2

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