Litigation costs drove the lawyers to genuine personal financial ruin
Evidence
Conway left his home in Wellesley for work on Thursday morning, August 28, a rainy, gray morning with the barest hint of autumn in the air. He had one dollar and seventy-five cents in his pocket, exactly enough money to pay for the commuter train ticket to Boston. — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 2717
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 2717
- XREF: connects to: A once-wealthy star litigator ended the case financially destitute and bankrupt — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3117; The 1986 trial left the flamboyant young lawyer broke and ‘broken in spirit’ — Another Civil Action; The Woburn case lasted 9 years and drove Schlichtmann into personal bankruptcy — A Civil Action: New York Times Best Seller featuring Warshafsky (+3 more)
Related
- The 1986 trial left the flamboyant young lawyer broke and ‘broken in spirit’
#exemplifies(0.90) — Another Civil Action - The Woburn case lasted 9 years and drove Schlichtmann into personal bankruptcy
#corroborates(0.90) — A Civil Action: New York Times Best Seller featuring Warshafsky - The Woburn litigation drove Jan Schlichtmann to madness and altered him forever
#expands(0.85) — Jan Schlichtmann: In the Shadow of Woburn