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Blindsided : the true story of one man's crusade against chemical giant Dupont / James L. Ferraro with Laura Morton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferraro, James L., author.
- Morton, Laura, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural chemicals--Physiological effect.
- Agricultural chemicals.
- Benomyl.
- Chemicals--Law and legislation--United States.
- Chemicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : G&D Media, 2019.
- Summary:
- In 1996, an unprecedented decade-long courtroom battle was waged in Florida to help bring justice and hope to the family of a young boy born with no eyes after his mother was doused outside of a local u-pick farm by a chemical fungicide believed to have caused his birth defect and the birth defects of many other children. It was a battle that nearly everyone but attorney Jim Ferraro deemed unwinnable. After all, it involved one of the world's most powerful industrial giants. In the process, it was a fight that changed the landscape of tort law forever. Before it was over Castillo-vs-DuPont would go down in history as the first and one of the most important cases of its kind, setting precedent and also sparking a crucial debate over the questionable use of what is known as the "junk-science defense." Blindsided is a blow-by-blow account of how a lone attorney challenged a dangerous threat to public health....and how the defenders never saw defeat coming. It's a real life David and Goliath story-a true courtroom drama for the ages.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781722520014
- 1722520019
- OCLC:
- 1130904824
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