David, et al., V. Goliath; 'Civil Action' bears witness to lawyer's transformation, but doesn't do justice to families' fight against the system. From: The Boston Herald | Date: January 6, 1999| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1999 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

"A Civil Action"

Rated PG-13. Cheri and suburban theaters.

three stars

We hate lawyers, especially personal injury lawyers, until we need them. But then, sometimes, the system and the lawyers don't work anyway. This is the disheartening, fact-based assessment of Jonathan Harr's "A Civil Action," a 1995 page-turner about a real-life lawsuit several Massachusetts families brought against two extremely powerful American corporations.

Through their Boston lawyer, Rolex-wearing, Dimitri-suited Jan Schlichtmann, eight east Woburn families argued in a landmark 1980s ...

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