Abstract
By analyzing a previous water contamination lawsuit, this Note offers advice to litigants battling their current water crises. Specifically, this Note assesses the water contamination crisis that occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts, from the mid- to late-twentieth century and offers guidance to litigants fighting for clean water in Flint, Michigan, today. There is strength in this type of comparison: “Change in legislative actions and policy- making often result from previous environmental disasters out of which the public demands a change. In other words, we arguably learn from these disasters and effect changes to prevent them from occurring again.” The Woburn litigation illustrates critical weaknesses and strengths of a plaintiff’s toxic tort lawsuit, and a historical analysis offers useful guidelines for today’s litigants.
Recommended Citation
Rose Mooney,
We Still Have Lessons to Learn from Woburn, and Flint Is a Good Place to Start,
96
Notre Dame L. Rev.
1319
(2021).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol96/iss3/9