[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 253.]

THE STATE EX REL. SLONE, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Slone v. Indus. Comm., 1998-Ohio-251.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and State ex rel.

Gay relief ordered. (No. 95-2243—Submitted May 12, 1998—Decided June 24, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 94APD10-1544. __________________ Hochman & Roach Co., L.P.A., and Gary D. Plunkett, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and William D. Haders, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The cause is returned to the Industrial Commission for relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666.

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