A Civil Action In the movie “A Civil Action” John Travolta plays as Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer who works in a small firm with a few buddies. At the beginning of the movie Jan is being interviewed and claims that he has a lot of compassion for his clients and that when they hurt, he also hurts but this is not true. Jan only cares about the money he will make out of each client that walks in through his door. Jan is a personal injury specialist therefore the cases that he specialises in are those of people’s health/injuries. During an “on air” radio interview, a caller by the name of Anne Anderson claims that she has been attempting to get in touch with his office but that they refuse to take his case. Jan apologizes to her and feels forced
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In reality Jan’s did not plan on taking the case. When everyone in his firm refused to go break the news to Anne. Jan decides to go. When Jan arrives to the small town, Anne is not alone, she is with five other families who have lost their loved ones. They all claim that there is something in their water that is causing their children to die of Leukemia. “We don’t want money, we want an apology and to know who did it.” [1] states Anne as Jan tells the families that he will not be taking the case and walks out. Little did they know that Jan would soon return after realizing how big of case it could actually become. Jan convinced the rest of the workers to truly devote to the case and give their all even if it meant all their money because he truly believed that they would win. Things were looking good for them. “Mr. Love” a man that lived in the town and was very concerned about the water told Mr. Cheeseman “I know who did it” [1] yet he refused to speak more about it. “I’m no rat” [1] he claimed. After fighting and fighting, Jan lost all of his money as did the rest of the workers. They lost the case when the judge asked the jury three simple yet complicated questions. The judge refused to allow any loved ones of the children that died to
In reality Jan’s did not plan on taking the case. When everyone in his firm refused to go break the news to Anne. Jan decides to go. When Jan arrives to the small town, Anne is not alone, she is with five other families who have lost their loved ones. They all claim that there is something in their water that is causing their children to die of Leukemia. “We don’t want money, we want an apology and to know who did it.” [1] states Anne as Jan tells the families that he will not be taking the case and walks out. Little did they know that Jan would soon return after realizing how big of case it could actually become. Jan convinced the rest of the workers to truly devote to the case and give their all even if it meant all their money because he truly believed that they would win. Things were looking good for them. “Mr. Love” a man that lived in the town and was very concerned about the water told Mr. Cheeseman “I know who did it” [1] yet he refused to speak more about it. “I’m no rat” [1] he claimed. After fighting and fighting, Jan lost all of his money as did the rest of the workers. They lost the case when the judge asked the jury three simple yet complicated questions. The judge refused to allow any loved ones of the children that died to