Earlier today the Associate Press and reporter Jay Lindsey released a feature story on the innovative Shade Tree Trust that was designed by noted Civil Action Attorney Jan Schlichtmann.

You can read the entire story in the online Boston Globe by click here.

The story relates how Attorney Schlichtmann and his work on the Danvers explosion case brought him together with noted gas leak expert Bob Ackley, and how their discussions and work on that matter evolved into the creation of a novel approach to assisting towns and cities in Massachusetts to begin the process of identifying the trees under their care that have been damaged by undetected under ground gas leaks. The use of the innovative trust, which Attorney Schlichtmann has also utilized in a recent ground water case in the town of Wilmington MA, as well as in the Danver’s matter, is a further extension of his unique practice of finding solutions where litigation can be avoided but injured parties, in this case towns and cities with old growth tree’s dying, can begin to repair damage to their urban forest.

You can read and learn more about The Civil Action Center, Attorney Jan Schlichtmann and the Shade Tree Trust by browsing our site here at The Civil Action Channel.