2001 OHIO 11 - State ex rel. Light v. Indus. Comm.

[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

90 Ohio St.3d 522

.]




THE STATE EX REL. LIGHT, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO,
                                        APPELLEE.
            [Cite as State ex rel. Light v. Indus. Comm.,

2001-Ohio-11

.]
Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.
   (No. 00-677—Submitted November 14, 2000—Decided January 10, 2001.)
      APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-722.
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          {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed consistent with the
opinion of the court of appeals.
          MOYER, C.J., F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ.,
concur.
          DOUGLAS and RESNICK, JJ., dissent.
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          ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J., dissenting.
          {¶ 2} I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and return the
cause to the Industrial Commission for relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v.
Mihm (1994),

68 Ohio St.3d 315

626 N.E.2d 666

.
          DOUGLAS, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.
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          Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf & Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., and James A.
Whittaker, for appellant.
          Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Thomas L. Reitz, Assistant
Attorney General, for appellee.
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