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For the legal term, see Lawsuit.
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A Civil Action
Cover to the paperback edition
Author
Jonathan Harr
Language
English
Published
August 29, 1995
Publisher
Random House
Publication place
United States
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
1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr
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.
^"Toxic Business". The New York Times.
^Grimes, William (March 23, 1996). "A Civil Action' Wins Critics' Award (Published 1996)". The New York Times.
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