THE STATE EX REL. KRINER, APPELLANT, v. LTV STEEL COMPANY ET AL.,

                                     APPELLEES.

    [Cite as State ex rel. Kriner v. LTV Steel Co. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]

Workers’ compensation -- Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

   (No. 97-1183 – Submitted October 27, 1998 – Decided December 30, 1998.)

   APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD05-657.

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      Shapiro, Kendis & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Rachel B. Jaffy, for

appellant.

      Manchester, Bennett, Powers & Ullman, L.P.A., and Joseph R. Young, Jr.,

for appellee LTV Steel Co.

      Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Michael A. Vanderhorst,

Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission.

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      The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed consistent with the opinion

of the court of appeals.

      MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON,

JJ., concur.

      F.E. SWEENEY, J., dissents.