Franklin App. No. 02AP-1253, 2003-Ohio-4824. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County. Upon consideration of appellant’s motion for stay to pursue settlement under S.CtPrae.R. XIV,

IT IS ORDERED by the court that the motion for stay be, and hereby is, granted to the extent that the time for filing appellant’s merit brief is extended to January 20, 2004.