Legal Opinion

Webber v. International Paper Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 9, 2005No. 04-1796PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Gary S. Webber appeals from the district court judgment which was granted to his former employer, International Paper Company (“IP”), as a matter of law notwithstanding the jury verdict which Web-ber obtained on his state-law disability discrimination claim. We affirm the district court judgment.

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BACKGROUND

We relate the record evidence, and all reasonable inferences therefrom, in the light most consistent with the jury verdict. See Crowley v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 303 F.3d 387, 393 (1st Cir.2002). From 1983 and until his termination in 2001, Webber was a mechanical…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. AikensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Santiago-Ramos v. Centennial P.R. Wireless Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  4. Ronald Y. Chuang and Linda Chuang v. University of California Davis, Board of Trustees and Fitz-Roy CurryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  5. Philip H. Schnabel v. Gary Abramson and Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Ray Forrester v. Rauland-Borg CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  2. Vázquez-Filippetti v. Banco Popular De Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
  3. Acevedo-Parrilla v. Novartis Ex-Lax, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  4. Melendez v. Autogermana, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
  5. Velázquez-Fernández v. NCE Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007

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