A Civil Action - People Involved

People Involved

Judge

• Skinner, Walter J

Afflicted families

plaintiffs in lawsuit

• Anderson, Anne & Charles – son Jimmy (leukemia victim)
• Aufiero, Richard & Lauren – son Jarrod (leukemia victim)
• Gamache, Roland (leukemia victim)
• Kane, Kevin & Patricia – son Kevin Jr. (leukemia victim)
• Nagle – son (leukemia victim)
• Robbins, Donna & Carl – son Carl III (Robbie) (leukemia victim)
• Toomey, Richard & Mary – son Patrick (leukemia victim)
• Zona, Joan – son Michael (leukemia victim)

Attorneys for plaintiffs

• Conway, Kevin – worked for Mulligan & Reed, with Jan Schlichtmann
• Mulligan, Joe – originally took case, passed it to Schlichtmann who was working for M&R at the time.
• Roisman, Anthony – rep. of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, put funds into case
• Schlichtmann, Jan – picked up case at M&R, did most of work
• Nesson, Charlie – Harvard Law professor who worked with them on case, gave advice regarding legal theories, etc.

Attorneys for defendants

• Cheeseman, William: for Grace. Senior partner at Foley, Hoag, & Eliot.
• Facher, Jerome (May, 1982): for Beatrice. Chair of litigation at Hale and Dorr. Part-time professor at Harvard Law School.
• Jacobs, Neil: for Beatrice. Associate at Hale and Dorr.
• Keating, Michael: for Grace

Jury members

• Harriet Clark: church organist, late forties
• Jean Coulsey: warehouse worker, grandmother
• Robert Fox: self-employed house painter, around thirty
• Linda Kaplan: insurance company clerk, young & single
• O’Rourke, Vincent: ailing postal worker, late fifties
• Vogel, William: jury foreman, phone company supervisor, early sixties

Medical expert witnesses

• Byers, Dr. Vera: immunologist from CA, expert on tumor immunology
• Cohen, Dr. Saul: cardiologist, taught at BU School of Med.
• Coffin, Dr. John: (hired by defense) said TCE would not hurt humans.
• Colvin, Dr. Robert: Harvard immunopathologist
• Conibear, Shirley: specialist in occupational and environmental medicine.
• Feldman, Dr. Robert: chairman of the Dept. of Neurology at BU School of Medicine
• Levin, Dr. Alan: California immunologist
• Mudge, Dr. Gilbert Horton: cardiologist, (hired by defense)
• Paigen, Dr. Beverly: biochemist from Children’s Hospital in Oakland CA
• Turner, Dr. Bernard: experienced in issues of environmental law.

Scientific witnesses

• Drobinski, John: Geologist, compensated by plaintiffs.
• Pinder, George: (for plaintiff) expert in hydrology and ground water movement

Key witnesses from Grace

• Barbas, Thomas: Grace painter.
• Forte, Vincent: Grace plant manager.
• Guswa, John: groundwater expert, glacial morphology
• Kelly, Frank:
• Love, Al: Grace receiving clerk.
• Meola, Joe: maintenance man at Grace plant, denied dumping.
• Pasqueriella, Robert: Grace electrician
• Shalline, Paul: Grace worker, disposed of and discharged TCE to the drains.

Key witnesses from Beatrice

• Braids, Olin: soil chemist
• Mernin, Thomas: Woburn city engineer
• Palino, Joe: Beatrice worker, lung cancer victim.
• Riley, John: manager of the Beatrice tannery.

Other significant persons

• Eustis, Albert: executive vice-president and general counsel, Grace
• Quale, James: representative from Hale & Dorr (Beatrice)
• Young, Bruce (Reverend, Woburn Trinity Episcopal Church)