THE STATE EX REL. FELDKAMP, APPELLANT, v. EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY ET AL.,

                                      APPELLEES.

 [Cite as State ex rel. Feldkamp v. E. Ohio Gas Co. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]

Workers’ compensation – Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

   (No. 97-730 – Submitted October 27, 1998 – Decided December 30, 1998.)

   APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD05-649.

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      Harold Ticktin, for appellant.

      Buckley, King & Bluso and Gary A. Weiss, for appellee East Ohio Gas

Company.

      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, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and LUNDBERG

STRATTON, JJ., concur.

      COOK, J., not participating.