Packard v. Gordon

Plaintiff, a Hartford police officer, appeals the trial court’s failure to determine his status as a “qualified handicapped individual” under the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (21 V.S.A. §§ 495-496). Defendants, Richard Gordon (Gordon) and the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council (Council), cross-appeal, raising five issues: (1) that the findings of the trial court are not supported by the record; (2) that the trial court erred by granting a directed verdict for the defendant Town; (3) that the trial court’s conclusions of law were unsupported by the record; (4) that the trial…