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Jan Schlichtmann:
[during his deposition]
Back in the 1965 and there and thereafter did you clean metal parts with any kind of solvent? Al Love:
Yes Jan Schlichtmann:
What kind? Al Love:
That I couldn't tell you Jan Schlichtmann:
Did you ever notice the name Trichloroethylene or TCE? Al Love:
No I don't know Jan Schlichtmann:
But you'd put it in barrels when you were done with it, that'd be the process right? Al Love:
Yes Jan Schlichtmann:
Did you ever see what happened with these barrels when they were full? Al Love:
Yes, they get dumped out Back in the ground Jan Schlichtmann:
What do you think of the water in Woburn ten to fifteen years ago? Al Love:
It had an odor Jan Schlichtmann:
Were you concerned when you found out the wells were contaminated? Al Love:
Yeah I was concerned
[during his deposition]
Back in the 1965 and there and thereafter did you clean metal parts with any kind of solvent? Al Love:
Yes Jan Schlichtmann:
What kind? Al Love:
That I couldn't tell you Jan Schlichtmann:
Did you ever notice the name Trichloroethylene or TCE? Al Love:
No I don't know Jan Schlichtmann:
But you'd put it in barrels when you were done with it, that'd be the process right? Al Love:
Yes Jan Schlichtmann:
Did you ever see what happened with these barrels when they were full? Al Love:
Yes, they get dumped out Back in the ground Jan Schlichtmann:
What do you think of the water in Woburn ten to fifteen years ago? Al Love:
It had an odor Jan Schlichtmann:
Were you concerned when you found out the wells were contaminated? Al Love:
Yeah I was concerned
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Did they Yes
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These chemicals never reached Wells G and H we will show that
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And they never made anyone sick We will show that too
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The idea of criminal court is crime and punishment
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The idea of civil court and personal injury law by nature
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though no one says it
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least of all the personal injury lawyer himself
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is money
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Movie Summary
A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving a major company responsible for causing several people to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.

