An arbitrary verdict date can disqualify most of the victims’ claims

Evidence

Schlichtmann knew that going on would be very hard indeed. Losing Beatrice was bad enough. What made the verdict even worse, however, was the September 1973 date the jurors had given for Grace. Three of the Woburn children—Jimmy Anderson, Michael Zona, and Kevin Kane, Jr.—had gotten leukemia before that date. Were they out of the case now? Schlichtmann expected Keating to make a strong argument in September to exclude them. If Keating was successful, nearly half the case would have turned to dust. How would that affect the remaining claims? And how would it affect the families? Would they start fighting among themselves? — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2417