A Civil Action

     

A Civil Action1998

Stars: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 115 minutes

A Civil Action is a non-fiction book 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. Cryo… more »


James Gordon:
No, let me stop you right there, I don't need to hear it, from a financial stand point, I can tell you right now this not a sound investment, "probable" is just a euphemism for "unproven", to prove something like this, you need new medical research, is that the business we're in? The medical research business? and you have to ask yourself why is this case an orphan? Why has it been from kicked from firm to firm until it ended up on your desk?

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