[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 232.]

THE STATE EX REL. SOUTHERN OHIO COAL COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. SHERIDAN; INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. S. Ohio Coal Co. v. Sheridan, 2000-Ohio-315.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 99-1603—Submitted February 8, 2000—Decided March 22, 2000.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 98AP-1203. __________________ Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and Christopher C. Russell, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jon D. Grandon, 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. __________________