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A civil action
Jonathan Harr · 1995 · 502 pages
Trials, litigationW.R. Grace & CoLaw and legislationDrinking waterGroundwaterContamination
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About this book
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).
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