[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 180.]

THE STATE EX REL. PEARSON, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Pearson v. Indus. Comm., 1998-Ohio-258.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 95-2140—Submitted May 12, 1998—Decided June 17, 1998.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 94APD08-1240. __________________ Kondritzer, Gold, Frank & Crowley Co., L.P.A., and Lane N. Cohen, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and William D. Haders, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed. MOYER, C.J., PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. DOUGLAS, RESNICK and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., dissent. __________________ ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J., dissenting. {¶ 2} I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and grant relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666, by ordering the Industrial Commission to allow compensation for permanent total disability. DOUGLAS and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion. __________________