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3635 In an action under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a jury ordinarily should not be informed about plaintiff's ineligibility to receive workers compensation benefits unless there are exceptional circumstances, but where reference to previous workers compensation claims by the plaintiff is likely to lead the jury to believe that plaintiff received workers compensation benefits in the case on trial, the trial court has discretion to inform the jury; pre-judgment interest is a form of damages and thus a substantive matter to be governed by federal law and therefore not available in an action under the FELA.CitationLUND v SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RR (FELA Interest) 31 C4 1 [See: 45 USC 50 etseq; CivC 3291; Lund v San Joaquin (RevGrtd) 90 CA4 247, P/AT 9/01; St Louis SW v Dickerson 470 US 409; Stillman v Norfolk 811 F2 834; Bohme v So Pac 8 CA3 291; Monessen v Morgan 486 US 330]
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