COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 78286
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
JONATHAN HARRIS               :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 21226
                              :
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO,:    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
   et al                      :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    VENUE TRANSFERRED,
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MICHAEL I. MADDEN
                              Attorney at Law
                              Seaman & Associates Co., L.P.A.
                              614 Superior Avenue, Suite 1600
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
For respondent    :           BETTY D. MONTGOMERY
                              Attorney General of Ohio
                              DENNIS H. BEHM, Assistant
                              Workers' Compensation Section
                              140 East Town  Street, 15th Floor
                              Columbus, Ohio  43215-6001
ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     Relator avers that he filed an application with the Bureau of
Workers' Compensation regarding an industrial injury.  His  claim
was ultimately disallowed, and his request for reconsideration was
denied.   Relator  requests  that this  court  compel  respondent
Industrial Commission of Ohio ( Industrial Commission ) to  grant
relator's request for reconsideration or schedule a hearing to re-
hear relator's application.
     The Industrial Commission has filed a motion to dismiss  and
argues  that venue does not lie in  this court.   [T]he Court  of
Appeals for Franklin County is the only court of appeals with venue
over  an  original action  in  mandamus  against  the  Industrial
Commission ***.   State ex  rel. Cook v. Zimpher (1985), 17  Ohio
St.3d 236, 479 N.E.2d 263.  See also: Civ.R. 3(B)(4); State ex rel.
Cook v. Zimpher (1983), 11 Ohio App.3d 187, 463 N.E.2d 1274 [Eighth
Dist.: transferring venue  from this court to the Tenth  District
(Franklin County) in the same case as Cook, supra, 17 Ohio  St.3d
236].  We agree.
     The Cook cases  demonstrate, however,  that the  appropriate
remedy is not dismissal but transfer.  As a consequence, we treat
the motion to dismiss of the Industrial Commission as a motion to
transfer venue and grant the motion.
     Accordingly, this case is transferred to the Tenth  District
Court  of Appeals  (Franklin  County)  for  further  proceedings.
Relator to  pay the costs of  proceedings in the Eighth  District
Court of Appeals.
     Judgment accordingly.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL,J. CONCURS
                                        ANN DYKE
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
 
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