State v. G.S. Blodgett Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that to be considered a “qualified handicapped individual,” a plaintiff must demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation
• explaining that to be considered a “qualified handicapped individual,” a plaintiff must demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation
• duties that are legitimate and necessary to meet the goals of a particular job are essential job functions for the purposes of disability discrimination
• in handicapped-discrimination claim under FEPA, plaintiffs have burden of showing that employee was qualified handicapped individual
• The VFEPA reasonable accommodation requirement does not contemplate the creation of a new position as a result of that requirement.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brill v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-10-24· cited 3,095×
• Robertson v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-06· cited 315×
• Colby v. Umbrella, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-04-25· cited 247×
• Ross v. Times Mirror, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-07· cited 102×
• Mellin v. Flood Brook Union School District
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-21· cited 72×
• Dulude v. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-06-28· cited 44×
• Washington v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-12-16· cited 37×
• Angela M. Gates v. Mack Molding Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2022-05-13· cited 33×
• Rennie v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-10-23· cited 22×
• Robert Caldwell v. Champlain College Incorporated
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-04-11· cited 18×
• Knapp v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-04-28· cited 13×
• Dunham v. Chase
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-02-26· cited 12×
• Sean Kelly v. The University of Vermont Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2022-06-10· cited 12×
• Violette v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  D. Vermont· 1996-07-24· cited 9×
• Decker v. Vermont Educational Television, Inc.
  D. Vermont· 1998-05-12· cited 7×
• Lowell v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  D. Vermont· 1997-01-27· cited 5×
• Kennedy v. Department of Public Safety
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-08-24· cited 5×
• Ag Venture Financial Services, Inc. v. Montagne (In Re Montagne)
  D. Vermont· 2009-12-18· cited 2×
• Crowley v. Burlington Electric Department
  D. Vermont· 2014-01-22· cited 1×
• Colby v. Umbrella, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-03-07

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. Arline
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-20· cited 1,128×
• Leroy Gilbert v. Anthony M. Frank, in His Capacity as Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service
  Second Circuit· 1991-11-27· cited 198×
• Steven Wynne v. Tufts University School of Medicine
  First Circuit· 1991-04-17· cited 124×
• Antonio Chiari v. City of League City
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-01-09· cited 117×
• Hodgdon v. Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-11-06· cited 88×
• Edward B. Overton v. William K. Reilly, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, and United States Environmental Protection Agency
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-10-22· cited 75×
• Pierce v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-12-24· cited 61×
• Kelly v. Town of Barnard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-10-19· cited 49×
• Stephen A. Arneson v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-07-14· cited 46×
• Strathie v. Department of Transportation
  Third Circuit· 1983-09-08· cited 38×
• Wallace v. Veterans Administration
  D. Kansas· 1988-04-14· cited 10×
• Packard v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-11-13· cited 5×