A Civil Action The movie A Civil Action is focused on describing and explaining what really goes on in a court of law. The case the movie deals with is a small firm going after a national corporation in order to get them to apologize for what they did to the city’s water. It is believed that the company would dump harmful waste such as trichloroethylene into the back of their site where the company was located into a small running river. However‚ the river was connected to the city’s water wells
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Aly El-Mansy Ms. Baker A Civil Action Essay In this movie‚ Jan Schlichtmann gets played by John Travolta as he goes through the life changing case with his lawyer firm. He had come up with this trial by parents calling him up looking for answers. These parents had one thing in common. They had lost children to Leukemia and they credited it to the water being contaminated by the pouring of a threatening chemical called Trichloroethylene. At first the reason to why he took this case was because
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A Civil Action Essay Jay Lee 9-8-09 In the movie “A Civil Action”‚ the environmental problem was that trichloroethylene and silicone was placed into the water in the town of Woburn. It happened through a tanning company pouring chemicals on the hides of animals and it seeping out. The company also placed a lot of barrels with the dangerous chemicals into the ground and it seeped out into the wells of the town. The damage it caused to the environment and to the people was a huge amount. It
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A Civil Action: Analysis In the wake of information communication technology‚ production of movies‚ films and television programs has gone a notch higher from thematic analysis to the production process. This implies that movie producers and directors source for the best shooting locations‚ best characters as well as the best costumes to amplify their intended messages. In this regard‚ popular movie A Civil Action based on long litigation process exemplifies diverse factors that will form the core
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A Civil Action (movie) Dead child worth least of all Schlichtmann received a call from Anne Anderson because her son died 12 deaths from leukemia >> 8 are children Water from two city wells are contaminated by TCE Case was kicked from firm to firm It’s a hard case because it is most likely unproven Apology from “who?” >> the defendant is sure to have some professionals >> case might not be winnable Beatrice and WR Grace are the perpetrators Lawsuits begin with the complaint Will Cheeseman:
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Background A Civil Action entails a major class action suit brought forth by several families against major conglomerates (including W.R. Grace chemical company and Beatrice Foods) that were alleged to have negligently damaged the environment of a small town to the extent that its practices led to the spread of leukemia. Jan‚ a personal injury attorney‚ decides to represent a woman that claims that her child and other neighbors of a small town in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with leukemia.
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A Civil Action Legal Terms 1. Settlements a. A settlement is an agreement that both parties have come to decide on without the need of going through court litigation b. In this movie‚ before the case was introduced introduced into court and defendants came up with a 2 million dollar settlement. 2. Lawsuit a. a lawsuit is a court process at law or in equity to determine the legal merits of a controversy. b. In this movie Schlictman tries to sue a leather company for the wrongful
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The Civil Action (1988) is film that based on a true story of an environmental lawsuit‚ which took place in Woburn‚ Mass. In this movie‚ Jan Schlittman‚ a personal injury lawyer‚ agrees to represent a group of families whose children died from leukemia after a large corporation carelessly deposed toxic chemicals damaged the water supply for Woburn‚ Mass. This case becomes Jan’s obsession‚ even to the extent that he is willing to give up everything. When we look at the case in ethical way‚ we can
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events" are usually not the same as the real events upon which they are based. "A Civil Action" is one of these movies. The basic points covered in the movie are the same. However there were some key elements from the trial left out of the movie. These elements were some of the crucial errors made by Schlichtmann that led to him losing the case. The basic main events are the same as they were portrayed in the movie. The trial did last for 78 days in which the verdict of the jury was thrown out and
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“A Civil Action” by Jonathan Harr What is the difference between a criminal and a civil case? Criminal cases require that a verdict be made without a “shadow of doubt‚” but in civil cases that is not the case. Professor Nesson in “A Civil Action” states that civil cases only need around 51 percent to determine liability. This book was a very interesting read because it takes us through the different parts of a civil trial and how the case even got started. It is especially important to consider
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