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Sep 22, 2009 · Twenty-five years after taking on the case of his life, and a decade after A Civil Action made him famous, Jan Schlichtmann is back in the spotlight—this time going after the Turnpike Authority...
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.
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...
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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 · CARBONDALE, Ill. — Noted environmental and civil justice attorney Jan Schlichtmann will share what he learned from representing families in one of the nation’s earliest environmental and public health lawsuits at the SIU School of Law later this month.
Feb 10, 2015 · Famed litigator Jan Schlichtmann — whose toxic torts case was featured in the film and book, “A Civil Action” — speaks at a luncheon and reception hosted by GreenLaw and the Turner ...
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.
And against the decidedly mixed feelings she has for the man Travolta is portraying: Jan Schlichtmann, the ego-driven lawyer who doggedly — and unsuccessfully — sought justice, riches, and fame on the families’ behalf and, ultimately, at their expense.
Dec 20, 1998 · The cocky, giant-slaying tactics that personal injury attorney Jan Schlichtmann practiced right into bankruptcy made him famous. In 1982, Schlichtmann sued W. R. Grace & Co. and Beatrice Foods...
Oct 17, 1995 · Meet Jan Schlichtmann, personal-injury lawyer on the brink of self-destruction. It is July, 1986, and Schlichtmann’s black Porsche 928 has just been repossessed. His luxury condo, with a...
