PG&E has always supplied a doctor at their own expense.Erin asks why they would do that‚ and Donna replies‚ "because of the chromium".Erin begins digging into the particulars of the case and soon finds evidence that the groundwater in Hinkley is contaminated with dangerous hexavalent chromium‚ but PG&E is telling Hinkley residents that they use a safer form of chromium in their cooling ponds. She persuades Ed to allow her further research‚ and wins the trust of many Hinkley residents. She finds
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TORTS AND THE LITIGATION PROCESS TORTS: A wrongful act‚ not including a breach of contract or trust‚ that results in injury to another’s person‚ property‚ reputation‚ or the like‚ and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. GREENE VS COCKRIEL: Facts: Joe Greene coached for the Arizona Cardinals. Joe Greene had just badly lost a football game and stayed behind while the field was clearing out. As he was exiting the field looking for the opposing team coach‚ he collides
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having money and powers are the evils of being shown. So from the start PG&E already deceive the community of Hinckley‚ California into giving false information and mislead them by their dishonesty. PG&E manipulates the people into thinking the chromium they use are safe and do not have anything to do with them‚ thus deceiving people just by means of making lots of money for themselves
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Electric Company using hexavalent chromium or chromium six as a rust inhibitor to prevent corrosion of pistons used in engines. According to the movie‚ for 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
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on pro-bono case her employer Ed Masry is handling for the small town of Hinkley (located in San Bernardino Valley. Residents of this small town located outside the Pacific Gas & Electric plant are suspecting that a chemical‚ especially hexavalent chromium (Chromium 6)‚ is causing the people in this town to be ill. Many people had chronic‚ unexplained illnesses‚ and early death; many of them were children. In addition‚ almost everyone in Hinkley was either currently or previously employed in the nearby
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However‚ she is able to change their minds quickly as she starts to investigate the suspicious real estate dealings of a local company‚ Pacific Gas & Electric (PG &E). Erin’s investigation uncovers the illegal dumping of deadly toxic waste hexavalent chromium‚ and the company quietly trying to purchase the land where the waste was dumped. Her involvement in the case eventually leads to a class action law suit against a multi-billion dollar company. Erin is faced with many ethical dilemmas while
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she discovers files on Pacific Gas and Electric offering to buy homes of 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
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Competent Erin Brockovich’s CharacteristicsThe main character in the movie Erin Brockovich is an easy going woman who seems tobe very competent in communication. This paper will discuss three characteristics that a competent communicator‚ such as Erin Brockovich possesses. I will also explain specific scenes where she demonstrated the following characteristics: self-monitoring‚ empathy‚ and commitment; commonly known as denominators that characterize effective communication. The first characteristic
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Review on the movie Erin Brokovich “She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.” This tagline indeed summarized the movie Erin Brokovich. The movie was about a not-so-privileged but strong willed woman who was able to impact and make a difference to the life of hundreds of people to a community. Erin (Julia Roberts) was a woman who was out of a job‚ did not have a special training for anything‚ was divorced twice‚ and is a mother of three – 8-year old Matthew‚ 6-year
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an environmental specialist about the illnesses that plagued the town. PG & E misinformed the town about the chemical Chromium 6 they were using. They told the Hinckley community that it was a safe chemical. The environmentalist told Brockovich it was not safe at all and through investigation it turns out the company had been contaminating the town’s water supply with Chromium 6 for over 30 years. The contamination affected the health of the whole town with aliments such as headaches‚ nosebleeds
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