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Gloomy Film: A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a gloomy film featuring a lawsuit versus two companies, W. R. Grace and Company and Beatrice Foods, for dumping various chemicals into Woburn's water system. A number of youthful lives were ended due to this incident, leaving their families to grieve. This case eventually begins to bankrupt the attorneys involved, including Jan Schlichtmann, who directly represents the plaintiffs. [1] Soon after declaring war against these companies, Schlichtmann discovers, through a witness, that barrels of chemicals have been dumped into the city's water by employees of the accused companies. [1] However, this proves to be exponentially expensive for Schlichtmann and his team to prove, causing them to fall into bankruptcy. This outcome is

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