A civil action

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502 pages

English language

Published 1996 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-77267-5
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OCLC Number:
35587711

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A Civil Action is a 1996 work of non-fiction by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.

The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).

14 editions

Subjects

  • Anderson, Anne, 1936?- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Schlichtmann, Jan.
  • W.R. Grace & Co. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Trials (Toxic torts) -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
  • Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Woburn.
  • Drinking water -- Contamination -- Massachusetts -- Woburn.
  • Liability for water pollution damages -- Massachusetts -- Woburn.