[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 83 Ohio St.3d 99.]

THE STATE EX REL. LANTZ, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES AND CROSS-APPELLEES; E.G. SMITH CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, INC., APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT. [Cite as State ex rel. Lantz v. Indus. Comm., 1998-Ohio-426.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on appeal and cross-appeal. (No. 96-1951—Submitted July 8, 1998—Decided September 9, 1998.)

APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APD07-840. __________________ R.E. Goforth Co., L.P.A., and Steven G. Thomakos, for appellant and cross- appellee.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Lisa A. Sotos, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees and cross-appellees.

Willacy, LoPresti & Marcovy, Salvatore J. LoPresti, Keith A. Ganther and Michael B. Fesler, for appellee and cross-appellant. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the appeal and cross-appeal consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals.

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