[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 72 Ohio St.3d 306.]

OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, APPELLEE, v. ETHERIDGE, APPELLANT. [Cite as Ohio Bur. of Workers' Comp. v. Etheridge, 1995-Ohio-284.] Workers' compensation—R.C. 4123.57(B)(now[A])—Prospective application to claims arising after October 1, 1963 is constitutional. (No. 93-2432—Submitted April 18, 1995—Decided June 14, 1995.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 63692. __________________ Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Dennis L. Hufstader and Gerald H. Waterman, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee. Berger & Kirschenbaum Co., L.P.A., and Linda U. Elliott, for appellant. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Robin R. Obetz and Robert A. Minor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Self-Insurers' Association. Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and Marc J. Jaffy, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio AFL-CIO and Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State ex rel. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Indus. Comm. (1990), 52 Ohio St.3d 144, 556 N.E.2d 467. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur. __________________