[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 538.]

THE STATE EX REL. WHEELER, APPELLANT, v. DEVERY, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Wheeler v. Devery, 1998-Ohio-199.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 96-1733—Submitted June 24, 1998—Decided August 5, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APD09-1159. __________________ Cox & Stein Co., L.P.A., and Edward J. Cox, Jr., for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Constance A. Snyder, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees. __________________ {¶ 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. __________________