Blindsided: The True Story of One Man's Crusade Against Chemical Giant DuPont
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Overview
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.
- Title: Blindsided: The True Story of One Man's Crusade Against Chemical Giant DuPont
- Authors: James L. Ferraro, Laura Morton
- Publisher: G&D Media
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 248
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781722520014, 9781722510015, 1722510013, 1722520019
- Resource ID: LLS:9781722520014
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T16:36:31Z