[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 83 Ohio St.3d 336.]

THE STATE EX REL. BELL, APPELLANT, v. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Bell v. Univ. of Cincinnati Hosp., 1998-Ohio-63.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 97-1693—Submitted August 19, 1998—Decided October 14, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD09-1208. __________________ Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf & Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., James A. Whittaker and Stephen P. Gast, for appellant.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister and Joseph A. Rectenwald, for appellee University of Cincinnati Hospital.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Cheryl J. Nester, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees Industrial Commission and Administrator, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. __________________ {¶ 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. __________________