The story takes place in an industrial town in 1979. The successive deaths from leukemia caused panic among the residents. Everyone knows that the two large factories in the town that discharge sewage all day long cannot escape from these tragedies. related. In front of the huge factory system, the individual is so insignificant, but even so, after losing her life, Annie (Kathleen Quinlan) resolutely decided to join forces with the eight victims' families in the town to file a complaint against the two factories. litigation.
No lawyer is willing to accept such a difficult case, and in addition to the slim odds, they also do not want to get into unnecessary trouble, except for one person, and he is Jane Slitman (John Travolta). Jane spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to investigate the daily drainage of the two factories. After the evidence was conclusive, she lost the lawsuit because of the darkness of the defendant. Jane lost everything, money, family, and reputation, but he did not give up
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