[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 83 Ohio St.3d 545.]

THE STATE EX REL. QUARTO MINING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. EASTHON ET AL., APPELLEES.

[Cite as State ex rel. Quarto Mining Co. v. Easthon, 1998-Ohio-11.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 98-466—Submitted September 15, 1998—Decided November 10, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD10-1381. __________________ Hanlon, Duff, Paleudis & Estadt Co., L.P.A., and John G. Paleudis, for appellant.

Robert B. Liss, for appellee Richard Easthon.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Mary Ann O. Rini, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________