ANDERSON v. CRYOVAC, INC.

No. 86-1221.

805 F.2d 1 (1986)

Anne ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CRYOVAC, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Globe Newspaper Company, Intervenor, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Susan Garsh, with whom Jonathan M. Albano, Kathleen M. Guilfoyle and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for intervenor, appellant.

James O'Connell, Sally, O'Connell & Fitch, Boston, Mass., Jane E. Kirtley and Robert S. Becker, Washington, D.C., on brief, for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, amicus curiae.

Henry Paul Monaghan, with whom William J. Cheeseman, James K. Brown, Sandra L. Lynch and Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Cryovac, Inc.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and CARTER, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Globe Newspaper Company (the Globe), intervenor in a civil law suit brought by certain residents of Woburn, Massachusetts, against Cryovac, Inc., and the John J. Riley Co. The suit alleged that the defendants contaminated Woburn's water supply resulting in serious injury and death to certain individuals. This appeal is not concerned with the merits of the tort action; it is directed...

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