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A Civil Action
Cover to the paperback edition
AuthorJonathan Harr
LanguageEnglish
PublishedAugust 29, 1995
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages500
ISBN978-0-394-56349-7
OCLC31969453
LC ClassKF228.A667 H37 1996
Followed byThe Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece 

A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s.[1] The book became a best-seller. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Toxic Business". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Grimes, William (March 23, 1996). "A Civil Action' Wins Critics' Award (Published 1996)". The New York Times.

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