Hinkley

a community. The movie is about a single mother who is struggling to make a living for herself and her children. She was involved in a terrible automobile accident that left her unemployed and searching for financial income. She becomes connected with attorney Mr. Ed Masry who is representing her, but she ends up losing the case. So she winds up becoming an employee at the law firm. As Erin spends time at the office going through papers, filing and routine clerical operations she becomes interested in some real estate cases that contain medical documents concerning members of Hinkley, CA. Erin convinces Mr. Masry to allow her to investigate these cases further. Although she has no medical or law degree she wanted to see if she could help this community. Most of these cases were about the community members of Hinkley, CA and a company name Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), who have a plant in Hinkley, CA. The members of the community had become very ill with various health issues like chronic headaches; different forms of cancer and many women were experiencing miscarriages. One case in particular…

My history day project is on, Erin Brockovich's encounter with Hinkley, California's water contamination due to the PG&E corporation. Brockovich encountered legal files which led her to explore cases in the same area. Soon enough, she had discovered the severity of the case at hand. Even in the face of adversity, Erin Brockovich never gave up in order to get justice for the small town in California. With this project I will prove how Erin Brockovich's research changed this town and PG&E…

the Pacific Gas and Electric Company is offering to purchase the home of Donna Jensen. Donna Jensen and other people that lives and consumes water near in contaminated area are mysteriously receive payment for their medical expenses from PG &E. That stuff made Erin think that there is something not right, so she started surveying PG&E property. She has had a close contact with the contaminated stuffs in order to get some samples for toxicity level test. She went back and forth from her working…

So that they didn’t have to spend the money to fix the problem and so they didn’t have to pay the people of Hinkley. Corporate Decisions: 14. PG&E should have owned up to their error and fixed the problem. 15. It is sometimes easier to protect your public image and tell a lie than to tell the truth and risk the public no longer liking you. 16. The government should do regular check-ups on businesses to make sure they are following specifications. 17. The business should have to close down and…

her lawsuit against the people of Hinkley verses Pacific Gas and Electric also known as PG and E. Between the years of 1952 to 1966 an outbreak of Chromium 6 was polluting the water in Hinkley. However, the people of Hinkley were unaware of what harm could be done by this substance. Many families and individuals who lived close to the company that produced the Chromium 6 had been experiencing illnesses that where caused by the chemical they had been consuming. The people of Hinkley did not know…

passion for it. For example, Erin personally connected with the residents of Hinkley and this fueled her decision to take action against PG&E in order to help the residents. In the movie, Erin first met Donna, a Hinkley resident, to inquire about her PG&E medical records. After finding out about Donna’s history of tumors, as well as PG&E’s claim that the chromium they used was at a safe level, Erin decided to dig deeper and find out more. That had nothing to do with what she originally came to…

duties and adherence to rules and imperatives. Deontological ethics focus on duties and obligation: things we ought to do regardless of the consequences. From the day when Erin came across those medical records in the real estate files, she never once gave up on that case. After she got permission to do further investigation, she knew something needed to be done when she started to find out what was happening at PG&E. She worked every day for hours on end away from her children talking to…

HINKLEY, CARLIFORNIA NEWS FORUM 01 August 1993 WATER CONTAMINATION IN HINKLEY I am Erin Brokovich; I am a twice-divorced mother of three young children aged between 9 months to 8 years old. I believe the $28 billion company Pacific Gas and Electric has poisoned the water supply of Hinkley, California with hexavalent chromium. In 18 months, I hope with the help of 634 plaintiffs and Masry law firm to sue PG&E for 333 million dollars for the water contamination in Hinkley. PG&E is a $28…

his name on the chalkboard: Mr. Hinkley. He began with the usual teacher introduction on the first day of school, saying, “Hi kids! My name is Mr. Hinkley. I get that I’m new here, but I plan to have a great year here.” He carried on with details of where he used to teach, I cannot remember where it was. He had been teaching for 10 years, or something like that. The…

Just a few weeks of being president Reagan's presidency was almost cut short by the bullet of his would-have-been assassin, John W. Hinkley Jr. On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot by Hinkley, Jr., while leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel after giving a speech. The President was hit underneath his left arm by a bullet that bounce off his limousine. Once the sound of shots echoed in the air, Secret Service agent Jerry Parr shoved Reagan into his limousine, and then, after noticing the…