A high-priced personal injury attorney represents eight families whose children died of leukemia after large corporations let toxic waste leak into the water supply in the Boston area. He puts his career, reputation and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients.
year: 1996, 1995, 1999
call number/section: 1000, 346.73, 347.3, 346.74
subjects: anderson, anne, 1936?-, trials, litigation, etc, schlichtmann, jan, trials (toxic torts), boston, groundwater, law and legislation, woburn, drinking water, contamination, liability for water pollution damages, trials, schlictmann, jan, drama, w.r. grace & co, drama, drama, feature films, ecology
Editions
Harr, Jonathan
Vintage Books (1996)
Follows a lawsuit brought against W.R. Grace & Co. for contaminating the drinking water in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Schools: 5
Harr, Jonathan
Random House (1995)
Follows a lawsuit brought against W.R. Grace & Co. for contaminating the drinking water in Woburn, Massachusetts that took nine years to settle.
Schools: 4
Harr, Jonathan
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1999)
A high-priced personal injury attorney represents eight families whose children died of leukemia after large corporations let toxic waste leak into the water supply in the Boston area. He puts his career, reputation and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients.
Schools: 0