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Sep 22, 2009 · Jan Schlichtmann, the trial lawyer who won a $300 million verdict against W. R. Grace & Co. for the poisoning of the water in Woburn, is back in court against the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. He seeks to stop the agency from siphoning toll revenues from the Big Dig and other toll roads. Read how he has changed, how he fights, and what lessons he learns from Woburn.
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 ...
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Oct 3, 2019 · But Jan Schlichtmann, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, believed he had a solid case and refused to sell the families short. ( In the movie , directed by Steven Zaillian , Mr. Facher was played by Robert...
Aug 31, 2023 · Jan Schlichtmann is known for the personal injury cases he took on in the early 1980s when residents of Woburn started to connect illnesses and children's leukemia to chemicals in public drinking water. Two companies, it turned out, were responsible for waste that seeped into the water supply.
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.
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Nov 10, 2022 · Environmental and civil justice attorney Jan Schlichtmann will share his experience from representing families in the Woburn case, one of the nation’s earliest environmental and public health lawsuits. The free, public presentation is at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the SIU School of Law.
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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".
