[THE STATE EX REL.] SINCLAIR, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET

                                 AL., APPELLEES.

    [Cite as State ex rel. Sinclair v. Indus. Comm. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]

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

   (No. 97-647 – Submitted October 27, 1998 – Decided December 30, 1998.)

   Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD04-536.

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      Law Offices of James R. Nein, Matthew R. Copp and James R. Nein, for

appellant.

      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, COOK and

LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.