A Civil Action

1hr. 55 mins.
1. Who is Anne Anderson?
2. What were the two drinking wells in question contaminated with?
3. Why do the lawyers want to get rid of the case?
4. Who or what do the people of Woburn suggest could be responsible
for the contamination?
5. After getting the 2nd speeding ticket, Mr. Schlichtmann discovers two
companies that could be responsible for the contamination, what
are they?
6. Who is Bill Cheeseman?
7. What is rule 11?
8. Why does the judge deny Mr. Cheeseman's motion?
9. Where were the barrels of toxic waste allegedly dumped according
to city inspectors who found them?
10.

Who is Mr. Love?

11.

Who is Riley?

12.

In conjunction with silicon what was the TCE used for?

13. How many times better are your chances of winning a round of
Russian Roulette over your chances of winning a civil case at trial?
14.

How many civil cases each year actually reach a verdict?

15. How much money combined did the two companies make last
year?
16. What does Mr. Schlichtmann ask for a settlement? Do the
companies agree to it?
17. What does the judge decide to present the jury with three
months into the case before they continue with the trial?
18.

What is the verdict against Beatrice? W.R. Grace?

19.

Who is Al Eustis?

20. What is the final settlement? How much do the lawyers get?
How much does each family get?
21.

What do Mr. Schlichtmann's business partners do to him?

22.

What did Mr. Granger rent in October of 1981?

23. What happened on the last night of the clean up while the kids
were throwing firecrackers at Riley?
24.

How many cases win in appeals court?

25.

Who picks up the appeals case?

26.

What year were both plants closed or torn down?

27.

How much did the two companies pay in clean up costs?

28.

What is Mr. Schlichtmann practicing now?