[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 83 Ohio St.3d 145.]

THE STATE EX REL. WALSH, APPELLANT, v. R.G. SMITH COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Walsh v. R.G. Smith Co., 1998-Ohio-150.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 96-2652—Submitted July 8, 1998—Decided September 16, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APD11-1451. __________________ Zwick Law Offices Co., L.P.A., and James P. Proctor, for appellant.

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., David E. Butz and Edward D. Murray, for appellee R.G. Smith Co. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Cecille Caluya Harris, 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. __________________