Resources Organized by Learning Module

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File number 'Item Title', Date
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Jump to: Court filings | Mock trial | Module 1 | Module 7 | Module 8 | Module 12 | Module 13 | Newspaper articles | Rulings | Topic: Leukemia | Topic: Science & the Law | Topic: Trial Aftermath | Trial transcripts | Well data

Court Filings

• Motion to Add Third-Party Defendant (Acrobat (PDF) 37kB Jul3 06), 1 October 1984
  Plaintiffs
• Motion to Amend Complaint (Acrobat (PDF) 48kB Jul3 06), 5 April 1985
  Plaintiffs
• Second Amended Complaint (Acrobat (PDF) 1.2MB Jul3 06), date unknown
  Plaintiffs

Mock Trial

• Mock Trial Transcript (Acrobat (PDF) 1.9MB Jul3 06)

Module 1

• A community coalition is generated from fears (Acrobat (PDF) 32kB Jul3 06), 9 February 1984
  Richard A. Knox, The Boston Globe

Module 7

• Data shows wells may draw river water (Acrobat (PDF) 37kB Jul3 06), 14 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Judge Skinner questions credibility of witness (Acrobat (PDF) 53kB Jul3 06), 15 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• 1978 report said aquifer draws from Aberjona River (Acrobat (PDF) 46kB Jul3 06), 16 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• A difficult week for plaintiffs' scientist in toxic trial (Acrobat (PDF) 33kB Jul3 06), 19 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Chemical findings are inconsistent (Acrobat (PDF) 47kB Jul3 06), 21 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Science fair atmosphere as geologist explains river flow, 22 May 1986
• Pinder calls testifying "exhaustive, exhausting" (Acrobat (PDF) 37kB Jul3 06), 23 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Plaintiffs may conclude case today or Monday (Acrobat (PDF) 42kB Jul3 06), 29 May 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle

Module 8

• Cryovac manager requested barrel disposal (Acrobat (PDF) 41kB Jul3 06), 30 May 1986 Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Toxic Trial: Engineer Mernin testifies (Acrobat (PDF) 47kB Jul3 06), 10 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• City, state concerned about chemicals - Mernin (Acrobat (PDF) 138kB Jul6 06), 11 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• TCE continues to flow off Cryovac site (Acrobat (PDF) 39kB Jul3 06), 16 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Fish death mystery prompted Aberjona study (Acrobat (PDF) 38kB Jul3 06), 20 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle

Module 12

• Leukemia jurists visit (Acrobat (PDF) 55kB Jul3 06), 2 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Toxic waste case is given to the jury (Acrobat (PDF) 71kB Jul3 06), 15 July 1986 Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Judge rejects request by jury (Acrobat (PDF) 21kB Jul3 06), 18 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Deliberations enter second week (Acrobat (PDF) 19kB Jul3 06), 21 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Judge tells jurors to keep deliberating (Acrobat (PDF) 41kB Jul3 06), 25 July 1986

Module 13

• EPA says benzene may have caused Woburn leukemias (Acrobat (PDF) 86kB Jul3 06), 7 June 1988
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Superfund at Work, Winter 1993

Newspaper Articles

• Judge Skinner ruling comes as victory for plaintiffs' lawyers (Acrobat (PDF) 88kB Jul3 06), 7 May 1986
  Mark Sullivan, Daily Times Chronicle
• Expert says two companies polluted G & H wells (Acrobat (PDF) 108kB Jul3 06), 8 May 1986
  Mark Sullivan, Daily Times Chronicle
• Charts, diagrams show how chemicals reached water wells (Acrobat (PDF) 87kB Jul3 06), 9 May 1986
  Mark Sullivan, Daily Times Chronicle
• River is barrier, says Beatrice (Acrobat (PDF) 99kB Jul3 06), 12 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Beatrice defends groundwater model (Acrobat (PDF) 102kB Jul5 06), 13 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Grace opens its defense (Acrobat (PDF) 110kB Jul3 06), 16 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Buried barrels did not contaminate site (Acrobat (PDF) 111kB Jul3 06), 17 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Grace witness's testimony implicates Beatrice (Acrobat (PDF) 110kB Jul3 06), 25 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Jurors to tour Woburn today as Grace concludes defense, 1 July 1986

Rulings

• Skinner rejects dismissal notion, 4 June 1986
• Judge's ruling has something for all participants (Acrobat (PDF) 59kB Jul3 06), 5 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Plaintiffs' lawyer knocks biodegradation theory (Acrobat (PDF) 47kB Jul3 06), 9 June 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle

Leukemia

• Woburn leukemia linked to tainted water, 9 February 1984
• "60 Minutes" investigates Woburn water woes (Acrobat (PDF) 97kB Jul3 06), 9 January 1986
  Laurel Lucas, Daily Times Chronicle
• Aerial photos of 1956 shown to jurors (Acrobat (PDF) 98kB Jul3 06), 19 March 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle

Science & The Law

• Beatrice lawyer says geologist lied (Acrobat (PDF) 147kB Jul5 06), 25 March 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• 7062 Drums found near Woburn wells, jury told (Acrobat (PDF) 163kB Jul3 06), date unknown
  

Trial Aftermath

• Jury finds W.R. Grace liable (Acrobat (PDF) 235kB Jul3 06), 28 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• City to sue, families will appeal (Acrobat (PDF) 186kB Jul3 06), 29 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Toxic Trial: The aftermath (Acrobat (PDF) 171kB Jul3 06), 29 July 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Woburn leukemia trial postponed (Acrobat (PDF) 126kB Jul3 06), 14 September 1986
  Laurel Lucas, Daily Times Chronicle
• Grace lawsuit included 33 plaintiffs (Acrobat (PDF) 104kB Jul3 06), 23 September 1986
  Daily Times Chronicle
• Jurors say Grace settlement is just (Acrobat (PDF) 77kB Jul3 06), 23 September 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Plaintiffs express bitterness at Grace (Acrobat (PDF) 222kB Jul3 06), 23 September 1986
  Dan Kennedy, Daily Times Chronicle
• Contaminated verdict (Acrobat (PDF) 504kB Jul3 06), December 1986
  Mitchell Pacelle, The American Lawyer
• Toxic Trial: Many questions, few answers (Acrobat (PDF) 772kB Jul3 06), 1989
  Daniel D. Kennedy
• Another family sues W.R. Grace (Acrobat (PDF) 91kB Jul3 06), date unknown
  Gary L. Dorion, Daily Times Chronicle

Trial Transcripts

• Day 1 - Opening statements (Acrobat (PDF) 1.8MB Jun7 07), 10 March 1986
  Plaintiffs and Defendants
• Day 58 - Koch (Acrobat (PDF) 264kB Jun7 07), 10 June 1986
  Ellis Koch and Jerome Facher
• Day 59 - Koch (Acrobat (PDF) 470kB Jul3 06), 11 June 1986
  Ellis Koch, Jerome Facher and the Court
• Day 66 - Guswa (Acrobat (PDF) 307kB Jun7 07), 23 June 1986
  John Guswa and Michael Keating
• Day 67 - Guswa (Acrobat (PDF) 327kB Jul3 06), 24 June 1986
  John Guswa and Michael Keating

Well Data

• Tabulated Results of VOC Analyses (Acrobat (PDF) 2.7MB Jul3 06)
• Well Information and Lithologic Logs (Acrobat (PDF) 1.6MB Jul3 06)