Based on true events, Boston attorney Jan Schlictmann takes on two powerful businesses suspected of polluting the drinking water in Woburn Massachusetts. Schlictmann, a wealthy and successful personal injury attorney, finds himself entrenched in a long and expensive legal battle with Beatrice Foods, W.R. Grace, and a local tannery. Schlictmann intends to prove that these businesses neglected to properly dispose of harmful chemicals such as silicone and trichloroethylene. Motivated by greed, the companies saved millions of dollars by illegally dumping these chemicals. Over time the chemicals seeped into the ground and eventually into the nearby groundwater wells. Woburn residents were unaware that for several years the tap water they were using
