Chapter 59 Section 9

Not all people with Warburn leukemia are children. In the summer of 1980, 35-year-old Loren Gammazzi was also diagnosed with leukemia.Lauren lived with his wife and children in the Pine Street neighborhood, just a door away from Zona's house.Lauren didn't know about the lawsuit until April 1982, a month before Jane and Anthony were going to submit the case to court. One night, Mrs. Zona visited and asked him if he would like to join the plaintiff. side camp, Lauren said he would. A few months later, in the fall, Lauren's 8-year-old son begged his father to take him and two of his friends to a Bruins hockey game.Tickets for the entire season have been sold out, and Lauren only has two tickets.He found out that Jack Riller, owner of J. J. Riller Tannery, had two tickets to sit with him, so he thought about taking out two Celtics basketball tickets that were in short supply to sit with Mr. Riller. exchange.

Jack Riller was in a meeting when Lauren called the tannery.After the meeting, Jack saw the phone message that the secretary gave him, and Jack immediately recognized the name of Lauren Gammazzi.He wondered why Lauren would ask him to make such a deal at this time.He said to the secretary: "You make an appointment to ask him to come." Lauren is here.Jack Riller cut to the chase: "Tell me, why are you suing me and trading tickets with me?" "Sue you?" "That's right." Seeing Lauren's puzzled face, Jack asked again, "Aren't you suffering from leukemia?"

"Yes." Lauren was even more puzzled, wondering how Mr. Riller knew. "You are one of several plaintiffs against J. J. Riller Tannery. In case you didn't know it, J. J. Riller Tannery is now a subsidiary of the Beechose Group." Loren Gamazi was stunned, and it took a long time before he said: "I just don't want the city government to reopen those two wells, and I don't want my children to drink that dirty water again, that's all." "The damn water in those two wells is not suitable for drinking and domestic use. They are only enough for industrial water standards. J. J. Riller Tannery has always treated and treated the waste well, so you see, So many leather factories around are closed, only we are still here." Jack said and handed two tickets to Lauren.

After Lauren left, Jack called and told Neil Jacobs: "This guy doesn't even know who he's suing. Obviously the lawyers are inciting them to make trouble." A few days later, Neil Jacobs called William Cheeseman back, saying that Jerome Fisher meant that they were inconvenient to participate in the "Section 11 Motion" proposed by William, but as allies, they were willing to provide William with A situation where this might be useful.Neal recounted the exchange of tickets between Jack Riller and Lauren Gammazzi, saying, "Maybe you could add a section to your motion for 'suing abetment.'"

"Prosecution instigation" means that some lawyers use rhetoric to lure clients who don't know the truth to participate in the lawsuit.William Cheeseman thought the idea was good, but in theory, the conversation between Jack and Neal was bound by the lawyer-client confidentiality agreement and could not be disclosed to the plaintiff.So William used some evasive language in the motion, such as: "We have very specific and direct evidence to support this allegation. However, subject to the attorney-client non-disclosure agreement, it is not appropriate to bring it to court at this time" and so on.

When Judge Walter Skinner took the Woburn case, there were more than 500 other cases piling up on his desk. The 56-year-old Judge Skinner also came out of Harvard Law School. Like most of his classmates and alumni, he stayed in Boston after graduation.While Judge Skinner knew little about many of the cases assigned to him before taking over, the Woburn case was an exception.Not only had he read about the case in the newspapers, but he had also seen Jane Hilleman answer questions from reporters on the evening news on television. Walter Skinner was very interested in the "Section 11 Motion" sent by William Cheeseman because it was the first "Section 11 Motion" he had received in his nine years as a judge, and because he and Like the rest of the justices, they were deeply touched by the years of "frivolous and irresponsible litigation" - known among colleagues as "garbage cases".But the Motion to Dismiss Woburn was too long, like other legal documents drafted by the law firm of Frey Hoagher Elio.Judge Skinner skimmed through it, not noticing the "Abetment to Prosecute" section.

The "Section 11 motion" so pissed off Jane Hilleman that he picked up the microphone and got into an argument with William Cheeseman.This is their first call. "It's simply inexplicable! What' sue and instigate' is purely an attack and frame against me personally." Jane shouted. "Your indictment is an attack and frame against my client." William's voice was unusually calm, but it added fuel to the fire. "Listen, bastard, you withdraw the motion now." "Unless you withdraw the lawsuit." Jane hung up the phone with a "bang", still gasping for breath.Kevin Conway had never seen him like this. "Uncommon bastard!" Jane was still yelling, "If the judge listens to his nonsense, I will be revoked as a lawyer."

Anthony Rothman came all the way from Washington to discuss countermeasures, because Judge Skinner's order specifically required Jane or Anthony to testify in the hearing on the "Section 11 Motion" and accept the defense's cross. Forensics. There is no doubt that William Cheeseman hit their nails, the case is indeed "weak evidence."Just when the two of them were thinking hard and still couldn't get to the point, Kevin Conway came up with an idea. He suggested to divert the attention in court and draw the judge's attention to the accusation of "sedition and abetment". Cheeseman has no "bright gun" that can be presented to the court, and judges have always disliked "back arrows".

Thursday, January 6, 1983, a gloomy winter day.After lunch, Jane, Anthony, and Kevin walked into Judge Walter Skinner's civil court and sat down in the plaintiff's box.They were joined in court by the firm's two bosses, Barry Reid and Joe Mulligan, and five or six colleagues.There were also three people sitting in the dock, none of whom Jane knew, but he recognized the accent of a man in his 40s with long hair. It was William Cheeseman, who had confronted him on the phone.The other two, Jane guessed, should be Jero Fischer and Neil Jacobs representing the Beeches Group.