Essays on A Civil Action

In the award winning novel called, A Civil Action, there are several calculates that caused an outbreak of cancerous carcinogens in a small town called Woburn, Massachusetts. The two main companies who were liable were called Beatrice Foods and W.R. Grace. They faced a federal lawsuit from the residents of this community. One of the major litigation factors throughout the lawsuit that was the two companies neglected safety concerns for its residents. In other words, several families' children ...

While watching the movie, A Civil Action, I identified a few legal issues that stood out to me within the movie. One was negligence and the other, an ethical dilemma. I found that the two companies, Grace and Beatrice, knowingly dumped toxic chemical solvents for years and made no attempt to clean up or contain the toxic chemical waste. This shows negligence as they take no action to properly take care of their waste. The other issue, the ethical dilemma involves Mr. Granger, the driver for a ...

In the film A Civil Action, there are several examples of negligence that appear to be crucial to the Beatrice Foods and W.R. Grace and Company vs. the families of the victims of Woburn, Massachusetts trial. There are other components of the legal system that appear as well but negligence seems to be the most significant aspect of the film to focus on. Negligence is defined as, “ failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another” (New Oxford American Dictionary). The ...

A weeping mother, a sickly child and a husband near-death are the images evoked in Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. Two huge multinational corporations, represented by a corps of well learned and well supplied lawyers are put to bear against the pitiful victims of the companies' supposed negligence and these victim's lawyer, an energetic, if untested, attorney. Every fiber of my being was rooting for the plaintiffs to win the case and walk away with just recompense; to see the corporations ...