Anderson v. Cryovac

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Anderson v. Cryovac was a landmark federal case concerning toxic contamination in Woburn, Massachusetts. The film A Civil Action, starring John Travolta as Jan Schlichtmann, was loosely based on the case and related events.

Anderson v. Cryovac, C.A. No. 82-1672-S (D. Mass); (Anne Anderson et al. v. Cryovac Inc. W.R. Grace Inc., John J. Riley Company Inc., Beatrice Inc. et al. Superior Court Civil Action #82-2444, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Filed May 14, 1982.)
Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., 96 F.R.D. 431 (D. Mass. 1983)
Anderson v. W.R. Grace & Co., 628 F. Supp. 1219 (D. Mass. 1986)
Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., 805 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. Mass. 1986)
Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., 862 F.2d 910 (1st Cir. Mass. 1988), on remand, Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co., 127 F.R.D. 1 (D. Mass. 1989)
Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co., 129 F.R.D. 394 (D. Mass. 1989), aff'd, 900 F.2d 388 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 891 (1990)

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Sealed Air
Beatrice Foods
W. R. Grace and Company
Riley v. Harr, No. 01-1648 United States Court of Appeals - First Circuit (John J. Riley, Jr. and Diana W. Riley (Plaintiffs, Appellants) v. Jonathan Harr; Random House, Inc., New York; Vintage Books; Random House Audio Publishing, Inc. (Defendants, Appellees)