Legal Opinion
Anderson v. W.R. Grace & Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 21, 1986No. Civ. A. 82-1672-SPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SKINNER, District Judge.
This case arises out of the defendants’ alleged contamination of the groundwater in certain areas of Woburn, Massachusetts, with chemicals, including trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. Plaintiffs allege that two of Woburn’s water wells, Wells G and H, drew upon the contaminated water until the wells were closed in 1979 and that exposure to this contaminated water caused them to suffer severe injuries.
Of the 33 plaintiffs in this action, five are the administrators of minors who died of…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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- Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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