[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 97 Ohio St.3d 196.]

THE STATE EX REL. ROUBAL, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Roubal v. Indus. Comm., 2002-Ohio-5784.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 2002-0413—Submitted September 17, 2002—Decided November 6, 2002.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 01AP-595. __________________ {¶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. __________________ Law Office of Thomas Tootle Co., L.P.A., and Thomas Tootle, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Keith D. Blosser, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________

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