--- jaxb-ri/runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/v2/runtime/unmarshaller/UnmarshallerImpl.java.orig	2009-10-27 09:25:37.000000000 -0400
+++ jaxb-ri/runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/v2/runtime/unmarshaller/UnmarshallerImpl.java	2009-10-27 09:26:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -508,10 +508,11 @@ public final class UnmarshallerImpl exte
 
 
     /**
-     * Default error handling behavior fot {@link Unmarshaller}.
+     * Default error handling behavior for {@link Unmarshaller}.
      */
     public boolean handleEvent(ValidationEvent event) {
-        return event.getSeverity()!=ValidationEvent.FATAL_ERROR;
+        int severity = event.getSeverity();
+        return (severity != ValidationEvent.FATAL_ERROR && severity != ValidationEvent.ERROR);
     }
 
     private static InputSource streamSourceToInputSource( StreamSource ss ) {