Legal Opinion
Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 30, 1990No. 88-1070PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The appeal before us represents yet another march in a litigatory trek of unusual length and complexity. We recount the case’s by-now-familiar itinerary and thereafter proceed to blaze what few new trails remain.
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The litigation concerns claims made by residents of the Aberjona River Valley in Woburn, Massachusetts. These residents contend that certain toxic chemicals in the city’s water supply (the “complaint chemicals”) caused a variety of ailments, including leukemia. Plaintiffs’ search for the sources of contamination eventually focused upon a 15-acre parcel of vacant…
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