[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 225.]

THE STATE EX REL. SPEAKMAN, APPELLANT, v. RANCO, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Speakman v. Ranco, Inc., 2000-Ohio-304.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 98-1635—Submitted February 8, 2000—Decided March 22, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 97APD06-827. __________________ Stanley R. Jurus Law Offices and Michael J. Muldoon, for appellant. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Thomas M. Taggart and Theodore P. Mattis, for appellee Ranco, Inc. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and William J., McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals. MOYER, C.J., F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. DOUGLAS, J., dissents. RESNICK, J., separately dissents. __________________ ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J., dissenting. {¶ 2} I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals. __________________