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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled A Civil Action about Beatrice, Civil, Action with the genre: Engineering & Transportation, Engineering.
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conversations.value: In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, A Civil Action demonstrates powerfully that--even with the families' hotshot lawyers and the evidence on their side--justice is elusive, particularly when it involves malfeasance by megacorporations. Much of the legal infighting can cause the eyes to glaze. But the story is saved by great characters: the flawed, flamboyant Jan Schlichtmann and his group of bulldogs for the prosecution; Jerome Facher, the enigmatic lawyer for Beatrice, who proves to be more than a match; John J. Riley, the duplicitous, porcine tannery owner; and a host of others. It's impossible not to feel the drama of this methodical story, impossible not to grieve for the parents who lost children, and impossible not to share Schlichtmann's desperation as he runs out of money. A Civil Action reads like one long advertisement for a few well-placed Molotov cocktails. (But that wouldn't make for a very long story, now would it?)
  						  	
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conversations.value: W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, A Civil Action demonstrates powerfully that--even with the families' hotshot lawyers and the evidence on their side--justice is elusive, particularly when it involves malfeasance by megacorporations. Much of the legal infighting can cause the eyes to glaze. But the story is saved by great characters: the flawed, flamboyant Jan Schlichtmann and his group of bulldogs for the prosecution; Jerome Facher, the enigmatic lawyer for Beatrice, who proves to be more than a match; John J. Riley, the duplicitous, porcine tannery owner; and a host of others. It's impossible not to feel the drama of this methodical story, impossible not to grieve for the parents who lost children, and impossible not to share Schlichtmann's desperation as he runs out of money. A Civil Action reads like one long advertisement for a few well-placed Molotov cocktails. (But that wouldn't make for a very long story, now would it?)
  						  	
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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story titled A Civil Action.
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conversations.value: A Civil Action: After finding that his child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high incidence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city.\nEventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider they're options.\nSchlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant.\nLater picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods; a chemical company, Grace; and another company named Unifirst.\nIn the course of the lawsuit Schlichtmann gets other attorneys to assist him.\nHe spends lavishly as he had in his prior lawsuits, but the length of the discovery process and trial stretch all of their assets to their limit.\nThough Unifirst settles for a little over $1 million, the money immediately is invested in the case against Grace and Beatrice.\nThe plaintiffs' case against Grace is far stronger for two reasons: (1) Schlichtmann has personal testimony of a former employee of Grace who had witnessed dumping, and (2) a river between Beatrice's tannery and the contaminated wells make their contribution to the contamination less plausible.\nThe jury finds Beatrice not liable.\nThough Schlichtmann's firm anticipates a much higher settlement, the dire state of its finances forces it to accept settlement fromR.\nGrace for $8 million.\nSchlichtmann disburses the settlement to the fam XD, excluding expenses and attorney's fees (which resulted in approx.\n$375,000 per family).\nWhen some families think Schlichtmann had overbilled expenses, he acquiesces and surrenders more of his fee.\nSchlichtmann later files for bankruptcy after losing his condo and car; he lives in his office for a time.\nSchlichtmann eventually practices environmental, civil, and personal injury law.\nA report from the Environmental Protection Agency (which later filed its own lawsuits against the companies based on new evidence) concludes that both companies had contaminated the wells from sludge removed from the site.\nIn 1988, Schlichtmann attempts to reraise the case against Beatrice, but the judge dismisses the case, citing testimony from Beatrice's soil chemist.\nHowever, due to the lawsuits brought forward by the Environmental Protection Agency,R.\nGrace and Beatrice Foods are eventually forced to pay for the largest chemical cleanup in the history of the Northeastern United States at that time, which cost about $68 million.
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conversations.value: \nGrace and Beatrice Foods are eventually forced to pay for the largest chemical cleanup in the history of the Northeastern United States at that time, which cost about $68 million.\nEventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider they're options.\nSchlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant.\nLater picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods; a chemical company, Grace; and another company named Unifirst.\nIn the course of the lawsuit Schlichtmann gets other attorneys to assist him.\nHe spends lavishly as he had in his prior lawsuits, but the length of the discovery process and trial stretch all of their assets to their limit.\nThough Unifirst settles for a little over $1 million, the money immediately is invested in the case against Grace and Beatrice.\nThe plaintiffs' case against Grace is far stronger for two reasons: (1) Schlichtmann has personal testimony of a former employee of Grace who had witnessed dumping, and (2) a river between Beatrice's tannery and the contaminated wells make their contribution to the contamination less plausible.\nThe jury finds Beatrice not liable.\nThough Schlichtmann's firm anticipates a much higher settlement, the dire state of its finances forces it to accept settlement fromR.\nGrace for $8 million.\nSchlichtmann disburses the settlement to the fam XD, excluding expenses and attorney's fees (which resulted in approx.\n$375,000 per family).\nWhen some families think Schlichtmann had overbilled expenses, he acquiesces and surrenders more of his fee.\nSchlichtmann later files for bankruptcy after losing his condo and car; he lives in his office for a time.\nSchlichtmann eventually practices environmental, civil, and personal injury law.\nA report from the Environmental Protection Agency (which later filed its own lawsuits against the companies based on new evidence) concludes that both companies had contaminated the wells from sludge removed from the site.\nIn 1988, Schlichtmann attempts to reraise the case against Beatrice, but the judge dismisses the case, citing testimony from Beatrice's soil chemist.\nHowever, due to the lawsuits brought forward by the Environmental Protection Agency,R.A Civil Action: After finding that his child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high incidence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city.
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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story about Beatrice, Civil, Action.
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conversations.value: A Civil Action: After finding that his child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high incidence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city.\nEventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider they're options.\nSchlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant.\nLater picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods; a chemical company, Grace; and another company named Unifirst.\nIn the course of the lawsuit Schlichtmann gets other attorneys to assist him.\nHe spends lavishly as he had in his prior lawsuits, but the length of the discovery process and trial stretch all of their assets to their limit.\nThough Unifirst settles for a little over $1 million, the money immediately is invested in the case against Grace and Beatrice.\nThe plaintiffs' case against Grace is far stronger for two reasons: (1) Schlichtmann has personal testimony of a former employee of Grace who had witnessed dumping, and (2) a river between Beatrice's tannery and the contaminated wells make their contribution to the contamination less plausible.\nThe jury finds Beatrice not liable.\nThough Schlichtmann's firm anticipates a much higher settlement, the dire state of its finances forces it to accept settlement fromR.\nSchlichtmann disburses the settlement to the fam XD, excluding expenses and attorney's fees (which resulted in approx.\n$375,000 per family).\nWhen some families think Schlichtmann had overbilled expenses, he acquiesces and surrenders more of his fee.\nSchlichtmann later files for bankruptcy after losing his condo and car; he lives in his office for a time.\nSchlichtmann eventually practices environmental, civil, and personal injury law.\nA report from the Environmental Protection Agency (which later filed its own lawsuits against the companies based on new evidence) concludes that both companies had contaminated the wells from sludge removed from the site.\nIn 1988, Schlichtmann attempts to reraise the case against Beatrice, but the judge dismisses the case, citing testimony from Beatrice's soil chemist.\nHowever, due to the lawsuits brought forward by the Environmental Protection Agency,R.\nGrace and Beatrice Foods are eventually forced to pay for the largest chemical cleanup in the history of the Northeastern United States at that time, which cost about $68 million.
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conversations.value: A Civil Action: After finding that his child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high incidence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city. \nEventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, to consider they're options. \nSchlichtmann originally decides not to take the case due to both the lack of evidence and a clear defendant. \nLater picking up the case, Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the town's water supply by Riley Tannery, a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods; a chemical company, Grace; and another company named Unifirst. \nIn the course of the lawsuit Schlichtmann gets other attorneys to assist him. \nHe spends lavishly as he had in his prior lawsuits, but the length of the discovery process and trial stretch all of their assets to their limit. \nThough Unifirst settles for a little over $1 million, the money immediately is invested in the case against Grace and Beatrice. \nThe plaintiffs' case against Grace is far stronger for two reasons: (1) Schlichtmann has personal testimony of a former employee of Grace who had witnessed dumping, and (2) a river between Beatrice's tannery and the contaminated wells make their contribution to the contamination less plausible. \nThe jury finds Beatrice not liable. \nThough Schlichtmann's firm anticipates a much higher settlement, the dire state of its finances forces it to accept settlement fromR. \nGrace for $8 million. \nSchlichtmann disburses the settlement to the fam XD, excluding expenses and attorney's fees (which resulted in approx. \n$375,000 per family). \nWhen some families think Schlichtmann had overbilled expenses, he acquiesces and surrenders more of his fee. \nSchlichtmann later files for bankruptcy after losing his condo and car; he lives in his office for a time. \nSchlichtmann eventually practices environmental, civil, and personal injury law. \nA report from the Environmental Protection Agency (which later filed its own lawsuits against the companies based on new evidence) concludes that both companies had contaminated the wells from sludge removed from the site. \nIn 1988, Schlichtmann attempts to reraise the case against Beatrice, but the judge dismisses the case, citing testimony from Beatrice's soil chemist. \nHowever, due to the lawsuits brought forward by the Environmental Protection Agency,R. \nGrace and Beatrice Foods are eventually forced to pay for the largest chemical cleanup in the history of the Northeastern United States at that time, which cost about $68 million.