The film A Civil Action is based on a true story about Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer, who is fighting for a non profitable case. The case involves a water contamination issue in, a river that left families with leukemia. Anne Anderson reached out to Schlichtmann in the beginning of the movie with a concern about an environmental issue, in the interest of, she believes it lead to her son's death. While Schlichtmann was investing the matter, he found out that six barrels of toxic waste were found in the river from two large corporations, W.R Grace and Beatrice causing contamination. The companies then argue that the pollution cannot be proven. Even though the river left twelve children dead, the families were not asking for anything more than an
