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Sep 22, 2009 · Jan Schlichtmann, the lawyer who fought for the victims of water contamination in Woburn, is back in court seeking injunctive relief against the Turnpike Authority. He claims the agency is unfairly charging tolls and using the money for the Big Dig debt.
A 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. Plot summary. After finding that her child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high prevalence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city ...
- Jonathan Harr
- 1995
Oct 3, 2019 · Jerome Facher, a Boston lawyer who successfully defended a tannery accused of water pollution that plaintiffs linked to a cluster of childhood leukemia deaths — a case that became the...
Aug 26, 2019 · Jan Schlichtmann is one of America's foremost environmental lawyers, specializing in toxic torts and consumer protection. He graduated from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1973 before attaining his JD at Cornell University in 1977.
Nov 10, 2022 · Learn from the environmental and civil justice attorney who represented the Woburn families in a landmark lawsuit against a polluter. The free, public presentation is at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the SIU School of Law.
Dec 20, 1998 · Jan Schlichtmann is the attorney who sued W.R. Grace & Co. and Beatrice Foods over the poisoned water in Woburn, Mass. He is also a peacemaker who cooperates with polluters and a consultant on the film "A Civil Action".
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Jan 9, 1999 · Schlichtmann was the star in Judge Walter J. Skinner's federal courtroom, but he was propped up on those Bally shoes by an office staff that swelled to 18 at the height of the...
