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People & Places in the Woburn Toxic Trial

Initial Publication Date: October 17, 2007

Courthouse in Boston
McCormick Courthouse & Post Office in downtown Boston
Door into (ceremonial) courtroom no 6 on the 15th floor
Door to Courtroom No. 6 on the 15th floor
Portrait of Judge Skinner
Judge Walter J. Skinner
Courtroom No. 6, the ceremonial courtroom, at the McCormick Post Office & Courthouse in Boston - 1997
Overview of the courtroom - left side
Jury box
Jury box - the six regular jurors sat in the front row, the alternate jurors sat behind them


5 of the 6 jurors
Five of the six jurors
Overview of courtroom
Overview of the courtroom - right side
Witness box
Witness stand
Jury deliberation room
Jury deliberation room


Offices of Schichtmann Conway & Crowley
The offices of Plaintiffs' attorneys, Schlichtmann Conway & Crowley, were on the 2nd floor
Offices of Hale & Dorr
The offices of the Beatrice attorneys, Hale & Dorr, are in this building
Offices of Foley Hoag & Eliot
The offices of the W.R. Grace attorneys, Foley Hoag & Eliot, are in this building


Judge Skinner (circa 1986)
Federal Judge Walter Skinner
Jan Schlichtmann circa 1986
Jan Schlichtmann, lead attorney for the Plaintiffs
Michael Keating - Foley Hoag & Eliot - WRGrace
Michael Keating, lead litigator for W.R. Grace
Jerry Facher of Hale & Dorr
Jerry Facher, lead attorney for Beatrice


Donna Robbins, Anne Anderson, and Richard Toomey discussing the trial
Kevin Kane Jr. and Kevin Kane Sr. discuss the trial results
Diane Aufiero and Cathy Gamache discussing the trial outcome