Opinion ID: 580009
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Plaintiff Delling

Text: 129 Plaintiff Delling contests the district court's factual finding regarding the date he became disabled. 11 The court found that Delling became disabled on October 15, 1985, and would have left Hilton's employ on February 20, 1986. Delling contends that the correct disability date is June 1, 1986. 130 We conclude that this factual determination had adequate support in the record. The district court adopted the disability date used by Hilton's expert economist in a report on plaintiffs' damages. Exhibit B-L, at 2. The expert based this date on a statement of Delling's earnings record produced by the Social Security Administration. Id at 14, n. 5. Delling argues that his trial testimony establishes the later date. His trial testimony, however, mentions several possible disability dates. For purposes of obtaining unemployment benefits, he claimed that he was disabled as early as September 1984. RT XXXII(A) 53-54. He later applied for social security disability benefits and claimed that the onset of his disability was in 1985. Id at 56-58. He also testified that he considered himself to be totally disabled and not able to work after a hospitalization in the middle of 1986. Id at 45-46. He concedes that he did not in fact work after August 1985, when he was fired from a taxi driver job because he could not lift luggage. Brief of appellees/cross-appellants, at 83 n. 98. 131 Considering all the evidence, the district court's finding that Delling became disabled on October 15, 1985, was not clearly erroneous.