Case Name: BLANTON, Respondent, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1979-12-24
Citations: 43 Or. App. 741
Docket Number: No. A7606-08132, CA 11120
Parties: BLANTON, Respondent, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Buttler, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 43
Pages: 741–743

Head Matter:
On reconsideration by the court on its own motion, former opinion filed August 27 (41 Or App 637, 598 P2d 1244),
former opinion modified December 24,
respondent’s reconsideration denied December 13, 1979
petition for review allowed January 15, 1980
BLANTON, Respondent, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.
(No. [ AXXXX-XXXXX ], CA 11120)
604 P2d 883
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Buttler, Judges.
THORNTON, J.

Opinion:
THORNTON, J.
In our decision in this case we made an erroneous statement of the applicable law in discussing defendant railroad's third assignment of error, namely that the trial court erred by instructing the jury not to consider plaintiff's pension benefits.
While this error does not change the result, we nevertheless deem it advisable to correct it.
Accordingly, the opinion is modified by striking the final paragraph of the opinion and substituting the following new paragraph:
"We do not find the court's instruction in this regard to be error. In Eichel v. New York Central R. Co., 375 US 253, 84 S Ct 316, 11 L Ed 2d 307 (1963), the court expressly held that in an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act it is improper to consider disability payments made to the plaintiff under the Federal Railroad Retirement Act on the question of plaintiff's motive for not returning to work."
"Reversed and remanded for a new trial."
Former opinion modified.