![]() Grace and another company named Unifirst. Later picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods a chemical company, W. Schlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant. ![]() Eventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider their options. ![]() 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).Ī 1998 film of the same name, starring John Travolta as plaintiff's lawyer Jan Schlichtmann and Robert Duvall as Beatrice Foods attorney Jerome Facher, was based on the book.Īfter finding that her child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high prevalence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. ![]() A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. ![]()
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