Hinkley v. PG&E Hinkley is located in the Mojave Desert‚ near the town of Barstow‚ California. It is not far off the famous Route 66‚ about 150 miles from Las Vegas. Surrounded by beautiful scenery‚ Hinkley is an important point on PG&E’s natural gas pipeline as it travels from Texas to California. PG&E lied about the type of chromium they were using‚ their chromium was poisonous‚ and lies were told to the community saying that the chromium being used was actually good for them. A little town in
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unlined ponds in Hinkley‚ California‚ the company’s actions had finally been uncovered. Uncovered by Erin Brockovich (a formerly unemployed‚ single mother of three working in a California law firm) who wanted to know what medical records had to do with a real estate file. What she found out led to the biggest settlement on record for a civil class action lawsuit. CHAPTER 2 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THE MOJAVE Many people and domestic animals in the high desert town of Hinkley‚ California were getting
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B Discussion Assignment Managerial Ethics – MAN 5066 Page 2 Introduction This movie is based on a true story…an incident involving a massive cover-up by a conglomerate‚ Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Masry & Vititoe is a law firm in California representing seriously injured victims of negligence and corporate injustice and Erin Brockovich is one of their employees. They have a reputation as a leader in Environmental Tort cases‚ which a major part of their focus‚ but they also represent
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residents of Hinkley‚ California‚ Erin’s town. She dives into the case. With the help of Ed‚ she investigates‚ discovering that PG&E has been polluting Hinkley’s water with Chromium 6‚ an extremely dangerous chemical that has been affecting Erin’s community. People have symptoms from nose bleeds to cancer. Throughout the movie‚ Erin is shown struggling with the case along with her own personal life. However‚ even though it is difficult‚ she keeps fighting for the health of her fellow Hinkley residents
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medical records. The real estate documents showed PG&E’s purchase of multiple pieces of Hinkley property. Further‚ there was evidence that 75% of the houses and buildings that PG&E bought were destroyed due to the company’s response to vandalism. These records caught Brockovich’s attention due to the fact that they were filed with medical records indicating respiratory problems experienced by Hinkley residents. Brockovich believed that PG&E was covering up some sort of contamination by
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and persuades Ed to allow her further research. She takes it upon herself to do her own research in Hinkley‚ almost getting herself fired in the process. She had neglected to inform the firm that she would in fact be in Hinkley for a week. Instead‚ she gets consumed with the unraveling details of the case and assumes that the firm knows she is working. Erin relates well to the people of Hinkley. For the most part‚ all are average working class families. Her propensity for compassion and her
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medical records in real-estate files‚ she had found that the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the cause of water drinking contaminator in the southern California town of Hinkley. This contaminator threatens the health of an entire community. She finds that PG&E is responsible for the extensive illnesses that the residents of Hinkley have been diagnosed with and fights to bring the company to justice. Erin try to get support from the community on that area by signing the form letter of objection
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second guess that‚ right? In this case‚ that statement is not true. The people who lived in Hinkley‚ California in the 1990’s are regretting that trust they had in the groundwater in their town. As you may already know‚ I am referring to the case of Hinkley v. Pacific Gas & Electric. The film‚ Erin Brockovich‚ chronicles this true story of PG&E and the residents of Hinkley‚ describing how the Hinkley residents were deceived by PG&E‚ and how they were brought to justice. This particular
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she ended up as a clerk of her lawyer. While in a firm‚ she saw these real properties accompanied with medical records. These caught her attention‚ and made further investigations. One of the evidence she discovered is the main reason for the Hinkley‚ California residents’ numerous cases of serious illness‚ the Hexavalent Chromium which toxicates the underground water supply used by them. After pursuing this case‚ they received the settled amount that must be given by the PG&E $333 million. It was
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fourteen years‚ the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had been dumping water containing chromium six into ponds and covering them over. The ponds were not lined and the chromium based water leaked into the local water supply exposing residents of Hinkley‚ California to chromium six. Repeated exposure to hexavalent chromium causes chronic headaches‚ cancer‚ nose bleeds‚ bone and organ deterioration‚ respiratory failure‚ liver failure‚ heart failure‚ bone or organ deterioration and it gets into your DNA (deoxyribonucleic
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