is a feel good movie based on the true life pursuit of justice for the people of Hinkley, California who were being slowly poisoned by contamination to their water supply caused by Pacific Gas and Electric. The movie focuses mainly on the journey of Erin Brockovich a young, single mother of three who is at a low point in her life. At first, she is rarely respected until she discovers the injustices the people of Hinkley are suffering while searching through a box of old case files and embarks on a
PG & E offering her 66,000 USD for her house. She starts to find out by visiting Hinkley and discovers the chromium issue. At this point Erin starts to think about people and enters in the stage 6 of moral development. Erin further investigates and finds important... ... middle of paper ... ...f need as a true family member. Erin soon meets a person named Charles Embry who had worked at PG & E station at Hinkley. Charles discloses that his cousin who also worked their died of a disease showing
compensation for the loss, Erin is given a job at the law firm and begins to dig into a case against Pacific Gas and Electric when she finds out they are trying to buy a resident of Hinkley, California’s home to cover up their depositing of a danger chemical. After her research, she finds that many people in Hinkley have all had medical issues related to this and that there is acknowledgement from Pacific Gas and Electric themselves that they have been depositing the dangerous chemical. She gets
her research, she starts to interview and persuade the people who live near Donna Jensen and in Hinkley, California about the issue that is going on in the area. She also found a way to get a hold of some incriminating records as evidence and discussed this information with her boss, Ed Masry. While in court, the case was filed as a class-action lawsuit. Afterward, Ed Masry met with the people of Hinkley and told them how the case was going to go and told them that it was leaning more towards a binding
Erin Brockovich is an environmental activist and writer who became well known after she won a 330 million-dollar lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric in 1996. In 2000 the film Erin Brockovich came out and made her even more recognized. Erin has made many accomplishments in her life. I think the three key accomplishments in her life are overcoming being a single mother of three, winning the lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and becoming and environmental activist. The first key
Ethical Issues in film Erin Brockovich There are many ethical issues in the movie Erin Brockovich. This movie is about a mother of three who uncovers a water poisoning case by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in southern California. Once it was proved that the company had knowingly dumped hexavalent chromium into the ground water, the utility company was found liable for a $330 million dollar verdict. Erin has the responsibility to feed and educate her three children and she has a
Summary Of The Movie The movie Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is based on a true story, and is an award winning film, starring Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Albert Finney (Ed Masry) and Aaron Eckhart (George). Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother of three, who has been looking for a job but does not get accepted, as she is not professional, in terms of image and communication, and does not have the necessary skills. Driving home to fetch her kids from the nanny, she
This episode really impacted me mainly because I do the same thing this individual name Eric does. Eric doesn’t always wash his produce, or maybe washes it improperly. Sure, my mom always told me to wash my produce and what not but come on sometimes I ate strawberries or grapes that are not washed thoroughly. Well Eric did the same thing and almost died. He was in Hawaii, which is the U.S. He caught a rat lungworm, known as Anigostronglyus cantonensis. The Anigostronglyus cantonensis is known as
Chromium is the 24th element on the periodic table and was discovered by Nicholas Louis Vauquelin. Since its discovery, scientists uncovered that chromium is available in four common oxidation states meaning there are four types of known chromium including chromium 2, chromium 3, chromium 6 and simple chromium. The film Erin Brockovich explicitly mentions three of the four types of chromium and their impacts on the living environment. The film further goes on to outline the chemistry behind how harmful
Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant, is based on the true story surrounding the film's protagonist. Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) personifies a young and energetic, unemployed single mother who has neither money nor education to back up her unshakable principles and her determination to support her family. It is a film in which there is a very strong feeling of two scenarios; these being the notorious 'American Dream' so often utilised
The movie describes the story of Erin Brockovich who is a struggling single mother who becomes connected to Ed Masry’s law firm because of an unfortunate car accident, and begins working at the law firm out of desperation for an income. As she spends time filing papers as a clerk, she becomes interested in the human nature of the medical cases and persuades Ed Masry to allow her to investigate further. Empathy; the movie is plenty of scenes and situations where Erin Brockovich shows her ability to
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and the people of Hinkley, which caught her attention and went on her investigation. After much investigation, she found out that the people in Hinkley are suffering from contaminated and poisonous water that is causing health threats and illness to the people, young and old. She found out that the plant PG&E had in Hinkley is the cause
children. However, as the story progresses she enters the third level as she takes on a billion dollar corporation known as PG&E believing in the morals and ethics of doing business. Her endless compassion and resilient efforts to defend the people of Hinkley, makes her enter the sixth stage know as the
of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company that resulted in drinking water contaminated with hexavalent chromium. In Erin Brockovich, the film’s namesake refuses to stay on the sidelines as carcinogenic hexavalent chromium wreaks havoc on the town of Hinkley, California. Brockovich, along with others like her, understand that heroes do not wait for
one was taking on the case Erin Brockovich suggested because they were a small law firm while PG&E were a very successful company, so if he had lost the case, he would have stood the chance to be bankrupt. He also took a risk in tacking in all the Hinkley residents and being the one to lead them to the fight against PG&E and promising them a positive outcome. 12. Yes because she had no qualifications in law or work experience in a law firm. Erin also didn’t have the skills or knowledge to do her job
Bloor and his 600 employees are building at the Hinkley factory in Great Britain. Triumph Motorcycle Company has been overly concerned about the quality and performance of the bikes that leave the shop. With their concern, the company that started from strapping a motor to the downpipe of a bicycle has made it through two world wars and a depression. They changed that simple concept to a highly engineered and well thought out quality bike. The Hinkley factory produces 50,000 bikes annually and is
Forensic psychology Forensic psychology is the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the civil and criminal legal systems. Forensic sciences circumscribe vast number of fields of science, “including anthropology, biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, medicine, pathology, phonetics, psychiatry, and toxicology” (Batten 1). Forensic psychologist is valued tool for the legal system of the United States, by allowing an outside expert recommendation of legal
v. Hinkley is a landmark case when it comes to the psycholegal issue of criminal responsibility, or mental state at the time of the offense. John Hinkley Jr. was a man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. He became obsessed with the movie Taxi Driver and an actress in the movie, Jodie Foster. He began to take on
One of my favorite songs I learned in Primary as a young LDS child was “A Child’s Prayer.” It’s opening lines are “Heavenly Father, are you really there? And do you hear and answer every child’s prayer?” For some children in the United States, they are in such destitute conditions they may doubt there is hope, or anyone above that is listening. Abusive parents, a life in poverty, or sexual abuse are only some of the problems some children in the United States are facing right now. The LDS Church
The book I chose to review for this course is titled, “The Millionaire Next Door”, by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D., and William D. Danko, Ph.D. After learning that it was published in 1996, prior to the widespread availability of the internet, and subsequent ebusiness boom, I was slightly sceptical that the information held within might not be relevant for someone like myself trying to thrive in today’s chaotic economy. Fortunately, I was wrong. The Millionaire Next Door is full of concepts and principles