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Erin Brockovich Film Blog
Bus 330
April 10 2014
Erin Brockovich Film Blog
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Erin Brockovich is unemployed woman, who is divorced twice with three children, one of them being an infant. When Erin is injured in a car accident she decides to sue the doctor who hit her. She hires the lawyer Ed Masry to represent her in her case. Ed assures her that they will win the case. However, they end up losing the case. After the case Erin tries to get ahold of her lawyer upset at the loss of the case but Ed ignores her. To Ed’s surprise one day upon his arrival to his office he sees Erin in there. After some guilt tripping Erin convinces Ed to hire her as a file clerk at his office. Soon after Erin meets George, her new neighbor. Her kids absolutely love George. George helps Erin take care of her children while she is gone at work. One day while doing her job Erin comes across a case the people of Hinkley, Ca have against the company Pacific Gas and Electric. Erin asks Ed if she can help with the case and he agrees. She then makes a trip to Hinkley to further investigate. There she meets Donna and Peter Jensen who are very ill. They believe their illness is a result of the chemical used at the PG&E plant, chromium 6. Erin does further research and finds out that PG&E was ordered to clean up the chromium from the ground water. When Erin returns to the office Ed fires her because he was unsure of what she was really doing. Ed decides to rehire Erin after a professor at UCLA that Erin had contacted informs him that the levels of chromium could be responsible for the cancer that the Jensens have. Soon after others in the area come forward with wondering if their troubles could also be a result of the chromium in the area. Ed and Erin decide to start a class action lawsuit against PG&E to help the people affected by the actions of PG&E. The two work tirelessly to find more people for their case. Erin begins to strain her relationship with her kids and George due to the large
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