[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 226.]

THE STATE EX REL. SMITH, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Smith v. Indus. Comm., 2000-Ohio-306.] Workers compensation—Judgment affirmed. (No. 99-112—Submitted February 23, 2000—Decided March 22, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 97APD12-1666. __________________ Marchese & Monast and Thomas J. Marchese, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jon D. Grandon, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 1} On authority of State ex rel. Hoskins v. Indus. Comm. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 560, 722 N.E.2d 66, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed. Judgment affirmed. MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. DOUGLAS, J., dissents. __________________