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A civil action is the story of that lawsuit, and, more generally, of how the moral rightness of a cause can be rendered irrelevant by a trip through americas legal system. He lives and works in northampton, massachusetts, where he has. In the mid70s, the small industrial town of woburn, mass. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 842k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Objectives gain a new perspective from a compelling reallife story about people in woburn, massachusetts, who seek justice when their lives are turned upsidedown as a result of exposure to contaminated ground water. The parents suspected the water supply, which was foulsmelling, rusty, and undrinkable, but they had no. Jul 17, 20 in my last post, i highlighted several themes that resonated with me while reading a civil action. Jonathan harrs a civil action is based on the true story of the 1986 court case anderson v.
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All page references in this article are to this edition of the book. Harr spent nine years researching and writing a civil action. This case illustrates both changing attitudes in the united states towards waste disposal and. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 f. Questions for the reading of civil action by jonathan harr. Jonathan harr, a civil action first vintage books ed. When the book begins, a young boy named jimmy anderson gets sick. A 1995 novel by jonathan harr about this case, titled a civil action, was turned into a movie by the same name starring john travolta and robert duvall.