COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 78704
CLAIRE GERMANO, et al         :
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     Plaintiffs-appellants    :
                              :          JOURNAL ENTRY
     vs.                      :               and
                              :             OPINION
ANNETTE LYDA                  :
                              :
     Defendant-appellee       :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    AUGUST 23, 2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING       :    Civil appeal from
                              :    Cuyahoga County
                              :    Court of Common Pleas
                              :    Case No. 386,425
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For plaintiff-appellants:     JOSEPH W. DIEMERT, JR.
                              Attorney at Law
                              Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates
                              1360 S.O.M. Center Road
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44124-2189
For defendant-appellee:       MARILYN J. SINGER
                              Attorney at Law
                              McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro
                              123 West Prospect Avenue, #250
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44115
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KENNETH A. ROCCO, P.J.:
     Per stipulation of the parties to this appeal, this case  is
settled and dismissed.
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     It is ordered that appellants and appellee share equally  in
the 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 Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas 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.
                                        PRESIDING JUDGE
                                        KENNETH A. ROCCO
ANN DYKE, J.            and
JAMES J. SWEENEY, J. CONCUR
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. 22.  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
clerk  per App.R.  22(E).   See, also,  S.Ct.Prac.R. II,  Section
2(A)(1).
 
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