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Erin becomes interested in the human nature of the medical cases and persuades Ed Masry to allow her to investigate further
Erin spends numerous hours examining these cases
and finds a link to between the community members of Hinkley, CA and a company by the name of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), who have a plant in Hinkley. -
Erin drives to Hinkley
There she meets with housewife Donna Jensen, who explains that both she and her husband Peter are seriously ill and that PG&E, has been paying the family's medical bills as well as trying to buy their house. -
Erin goes to University of California, Los Angeles to visit a professor
There she learns more about chromium -
Erin goes to the Lahontan Regional Water Board
There she is able to browse through hundreds of old records. -
Ed and Erin go to Hinkley to meet with other residents
They inform them that his firm will represent them against PG&E. If they win the case, his fee will be forty percent of whatever is awarded, but if they lose, his fee will be zero. -
Erin interviews several other families with serious illnesses
She hopes to add more families to the claim. -
Erin collects water samples around Hinkley
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The judge claims in favour of the victims
The judge claims in favour of the victims -
Erin rejects PG&E's lawyers offer
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Erin supports Ed while he tries to convice people to go to arbitration instead of trial
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Ed and Erin attend a community picnic in Hinkley
They want to add more names to their growing list of four hundred and eleven plaintiffs -
Erin stays in a nearby motel and goes door-to-door, seeking the additional signatures.
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Erin meets Charles Embry
He tells Erin that he had work on the plant and that he have some important papers. These files should have been burnt, but he decided to keep them instead. He wants to cooperate with the cause. -
The case ends when PG&E pays 333 million to the victims
5 millions goes to Donna Jensen and her family.
Erin receives 2 millions for her job.
