[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 472.]

THE STATE EX REL. ARIGONI, APPELLANT, v. CONRAD, ADMR., ET AL.; INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Arigoni v. Conrad, 2000-Ohio-387.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 98-2600—Submitted April 10, 2000—Decided May 24, 2000.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 97APD11-1414. __________________ Hanlon, Duff, Paleudis & Estadt Co., L.P.A., and John G. Paleudis, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Angela D. Marinakis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} 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. __________________