COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 71157
KAREN SANTOGROSSI,                 :  ACCELERATED DOCKET
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          Plaintiff-Appellant      :    JOURNAL ENTRY
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v.                                 :        AND  
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OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS'            :      OPINION  
COMPENSATION,                      :                
                                   :     PER CURIAM 
          Defendant-Appellee       :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT 
OF DECISION:                       FEBRUARY 20, 1997 
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           Civil appeal from
                                   Common Pleas Court      
                                   Case No. 290429     
JUDGMENT:                          AFFIRMED.                
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                                         
APPEARANCES:  
For plaintiff-appellant:           Paula Goodwin        
                                   Ben Sheerer        
                                   BEN SHEERER CO.               
                                   614 W. Superior Avenue
                                   Suite 1242                    
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44113     
For defendant-appellee:            Sandra Lisowki   
                                   Assistant Attorney General
                                   614 W. Superior Avenue    
                                   12th Floor          
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44113      
For appellee, Ladalow              Sheldon L. Braverman     
Enterprises, Inc.:                 CHATTMAN, GAINES & STERN
                                   6200 Rockside Road
                                   Independence, Ohio  44131
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PER CURIAM:
     Appellant relies on  the case of Frishkorn  v. Flowers (1971),
26 Ohio  App.2d 165, to assert that  material issues of fact remain
to  determine whether her injury  is compensable under the workers'
compensation program.  However, in Brown v. BP America, Inc. (1993)
85  Ohio App.3d 194,  619 N.E.2d 479,  we found that  Frishkorn had
been modified  by MTD  Products, Inc.  v. Robatin  (1991), 61  Ohio
St.3d 66, 572 N.E.2d 661. 
     In Brown, we stated that  "MTD Products, supra, indicates that
injuries occurring off the employer's premises but within the `zone
of  employment'  will  be  compensable  henceforth  only  when  the
employment itself created  a special  hazard."  85  Ohio App.3d  at
196, 619 N.E.2d at 481.  The claimant in  Brown was injured in  the
lobby  outside  her  place  of employment  while  on  an authorized
excursion.   Id.   This court  found that  the  claimant's risk  of
falling in the  lobby was no greater  than the risk of  the public,
and in accord  with MTD Products, supra, was  not a special hazard.
Id. at 196-97, 619 N.E.2d at 481.  We therefore determined that the
claim should not be allowed.  Id. 
     In  the  case  at  bar,  appellant  was injured  while  on  an
authorized excursion.   She encountered  no greater  risk than  the
public when injured.   Moreover, she has not demonstrated  that her
employment in any way created a special hazard.  For these reasons,
the court properly granted appellee's motion for summary judgment.
     Judgment affirmed.
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     It is  ordered that appellee recover of  appellant their costs
herein taxed.  
     The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered that a special  mandate issue out of this  court
directing  the  Common  Pleas  Court to  carry  this  judgment into
execution.  
     A certified copy  of this entry  shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.   
                              JOSEPH J. NAHRA, PRESIDING JUDGE
                              TERRENCE O'DONNELL, JUDGE      
                              LEO M. SPELLACY, JUDGE         
N.B.   This entry is an announcement of  the court's decision.  See
App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and  26(A); Loc.App.R. 27.  This  decision will
be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the  court
pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless  a motion for reconsideration  with
supporting brief, per App.R.  26(A), is filed within ten  (10) days
of the announcement  of the court's decision.  The  time period for
review  by the Supreme  Court of Ohio  shall begin to  run upon the
journalization  of  this court's  announcement  of decision  by the
.