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# Trial Documents

The trial documents listed below can be downloaded to read the attorneys opening statements and closing arguments, Judge Skinner's charge to the jury, to see what a subpoena looks like, and to view field maps and exhibits presented in the actual trial.
- Opening statements (Acrobat (PDF) 1.8MB Jun7 07) to the jury made by Jan Schlichtmann (plaintiffs), Jerome Facher (Beatrice Foods), and Michael Keating (W.R. Grace)
- Closing arguments to the jury: Michael Keating (W.R. Grace) (Acrobat (PDF) 1.2MB Jun17 07), Jerome Facher (Beatrice Foods) (Acrobat (PDF) 1.9MB Jun17 07), and Jan Schlichtmann (plaintiffs) (Acrobat (PDF) 2MB Jun17 07)
- Judge Skinner's charge to the jury (Acrobat (PDF) 3.3MB Jun17 07) delivered on 15 July 1986, the 78th day of the trial.
- Deposition subpoena served on John J. Riley Co., Inc. ( 166kB Jan25 07) by Schlichtmann, Conway & Crowley to appear for deposition on January 10, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. at their office on 171 Milk Street in Boston
- Subpoena served on the Keeper of the Records ( 183kB Jan25 07) at the U.S. Geological Survey to testify at the trial in courtoom 6 on the 15th floor of the McCormack Post Office and Courthouse on June 16, 1986 at 9:00 a.m.
- John Drobinski's field map (Acrobat (PDF) 465kB May3 07) from his 1985 site evaluation of the Beatrice 15-acre property showing locations of drums, debris piles, and other surface features
- Photographs of trial exhibits: Drobinski's field map of debris piles and drums on the 15-acre property, Pinder's geologic cross section, Pinder's potentiometric profile

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