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What happened to Bill Crowley '74, his law
career and his family between graduation from Holy Cross
and his 25th Reunion
year could be a movie, in fact, it is - A Civil Action. Crowley, who had
been one of the three partners in the Boston law firm made famous by Jonathan
Harr's book, A Civil Action, and the John Travolta movie of the same name, will
be the featured speaker at the Reunion dinner to be held on Saturday, June 12,
at 6:30 p.m. in Kimball Hall.
A Civil Action, details the complex legal preparation, disastrous financial
consequences and legendary 1986
courtroom drama that resulted when Crowley's small personal injury firm, including
then-partner Jan Schlictmann (played by Travolta), and still-partner Kevin Conway,
represented Woburn families in a class action suit against W.R. Grace and Beatrice
Foods. The families charged the Fortune 500 companies with knowingly polluting
their drinking water supply which then
caused their children's fatal cancer.
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