Pilgrim v. Clatskanie People's Utility District

*236LANDAU, J.

Plaintiff appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant in this action for failure to reinstate employment following a compensable work injury. We reverse and remand.

The facts are not in dispute. In 1993, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a lineman. On March 29 of that year, plaintiff injured his knee on the job. He did not work for approximately nine months while recovering from knee surgery. Plaintiff was released by his attending physician to modified work with instructions to do limited lifting, squatting, kneeling and the like. In May 1994, defendant’s workers’…