Begun in 'A Civil Action' case, fight against contaminants continues.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: January 5, 1999| Author: Nussbaum, Paul | Copyright information

The day after John Travolta and Robert Duvall celebrate the Boston premiere Wednesday of their motion picture ``A Civil Action,'' two lesser-known

luminaries will be at center stage: Michael and Linda Gillick, of Toms River, N.J.

Michael, 19, suffers from cancer of the nervous system, and his mother, Linda, is the leader of a community effort to find out why so many of Toms River's children have cancer. They will be in Boston on Thursday to use Hollywood's refl...

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