Filter v. City of Vernonia

Plaintiff, a former police clerk for defendant city, brought this action for breach of an employment contract against the city and its police chief. In Filter v. City of Vernonia, 81 Or App 585, 726 P2d 946 (1986), rev den 302 Or 594 (1987), we held that defendants had breached the contract and remanded the case to the trial court for a determination of damages. The court awarded damages of $25,095.19. Defendants appeal from that judgment. We reverse in part and remand for entry of a new judgment allowing a setoff.

Defendants first assign error to the court’s refusal to offset from plaintiffs…