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Background Information
A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film directed by StevenZaillian and starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann)and Robert Duvall, and that is based on the book of the same name by JonathanHarr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story of a court caseabout environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts,in the 1980s. The film and court case revolve around the issue oftrichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a localaquifer. A lawsuit was filed over industrial operations that appeared to havecaused fatal cases of leukemia and cancer, as well as a wide variety of otherhealth problems, among the citizens of the town. The case involved is Anne Anderson,et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.. The first reported decision in the case is at96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.
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