Jan Schlichtmann

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Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."

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instanceOf environmental lawyer
human
trial lawyer
basedIn Massachusetts NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Cornell Law School NERFINISHED
Cornell University
fieldOfWork environmental law
personal injury law
toxic torts
hasAuthorAsSubject Jonathan Harr NERFINISHED
hasBiographicalSubject A Civil Action (book) NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup German American
hasFamilyName Schlichtmann NERFINISHED
hasGenreOfCase environmental pollution lawsuit
toxic tort lawsuit
hasGivenName Jan NERFINISHED
hasMannerOfDepiction legal drama
hasWorkAdaptation A Civil Action (film) NERFINISHED
inspiredWork A Civil Action (book) NERFINISHED
A Civil Action (film) NERFINISHED
knownFor high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSpecialty civil litigation
complex tort litigation
environmental contamination cases
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent Woburn groundwater contamination trial NERFINISHED
settlement with W. R. Grace and Company
subsequent bankruptcy following Woburn case
notableFor environmental pollution lawsuit in Woburn, Massachusetts
lawsuit alleging groundwater contamination leading to leukemia cases
notableWork Anderson v. Cryovac NERFINISHED
Woburn toxic waste contamination case NERFINISHED
occupation civil litigator
lawyer
opposedInCourt Beatrice Foods NERFINISHED
W. R. Grace and Company NERFINISHED
portrayedBy John Travolta NERFINISHED
portrayedIn A Civil Action (book) NERFINISHED
A Civil Action (film) NERFINISHED
practicedLawIn Boston metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
represented families of leukemia victims in Woburn, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male

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A Civil Action mainCharacter Jan Schlichtmann