[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 94 Ohio St.3d 171.]

THE STATE EX REL. HOWARD, APPELLANT, v. SEAWAY [FOOD TOWN], INC. ET AL., APPELLEES.

[Cite as State ex rel. Howard v. Seaway Food Town, Inc., 2002-Ohio-340.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. (No. 01-1394—Submitted November 27, 2001—Decided January 30, 2002.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 00AP-1097. __________________ {¶ 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. __________________ Gregory T. Howard, pro se. Eastman & Smith, Ltd., Thomas A. Dixon and Margaret Mattimoe Sturgeon, for appellee Seaway Food Town, Inc. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Thomas L. Reitz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Commission. __________________

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