A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
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| Author | Jonathan Harr |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Published | August 29, 1995 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 500 |
| ISBN | 978-0-394-56349-7 |
| OCLC | 31969453 |
| LC Class | KF228.A667 H37 1996 |
| Followed by | The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece |
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).
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.
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