In the movie "Erin Brockovich", a woman, who works for a small firm
as a file clerk, and her boss team up against a gas and electric company
called PG&E. It was a case that involved the company polluting
water in a resident area around the factory, risking the health of many
resident members. PG&E had also lied about the chemicals in the
water, claiming that the type of chromium in the water was good for
them.
When the company was found out, PG&E came to
Erin Brockovich and her boss with an offer to pay $250,000 to split
between all of the community memebers. They refused. Later on, they come
back with an offer of 2 million dollars, but they refused that as well.
After months of work and research and gathering evidence, the case was
presented to a judge and a settlement was set. $333 million dollars would be awarded and divided among the plaintiffs.
The outcome of this case was quite fair. Considering this company's first offer was so little, I think Erin Brockovich and the team worked really hard and deserved the outcome of this case. They really helped the townspeople.
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