Erin Brockovich started as a young woman wanting to achieve something. After going to various colleges, she decided "I want to move to California and become a California-girl". Her first job was as a management trainee for K-Mart, something that didn't make her quite satisfied. She wanted to try something new and started studying electrical engineering, but this girl wanted something more, so she decided she might as well join the Miss Pacific Coast and managed to win.
Beauty pageants weren't exactly Erin's thing so as a normal woman she moved with her husband an two kids to Nevada to settle down. This didn't actually work out because she got divorced. After that she got married again, got another kid and another divorce. She ended up as a typical single mother of three, searching for a job to make the living of her family.
Erin is using all her days calling around searching for a job, and when she one day is going out for a drive she gets hit by a car. Her neck is injured and when she visits the lawyer firm Masry and Vititoe and goes to court wanting to get replacements for her injuries, she only gets a small amount and is heavily in need of a job. She walks right up du Ed Masry, one of the lawyers of the firm and requires a job at the moment, something she gets. She started sorting out papers and finds a real-estate file with medical records in. This changed her life for ever.
All her time went to investigate the case. What she found out was that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the water of the town of Hinkley for over 30 years. They had been leaking Chromium 6 out in their drinking water which made the population of Hinkley sick with various danger diseases.
In 1996, Erin and Ed leaded the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind against the PG & E. The utility giant had to pay $333 million to more than 600 Hinkley residents. After this, Erin became a national hero and has been in media several times. She is a well known speaker, have had her own TV-show, has her own company, it is a movie about her and she most importantly put down the PG & E for their crimes.
Erin is now living in South Carolina with her husband, three children and 5 Pomeranians while she is working as President in her company "Brockovich Research & Consulting" being busy all day working with numerous environmental projects woldwide.
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You have a lot of interesting facts here that I was not aware of. Like the ending, where she lives and how many dogs she has! It is an interesting story, she has really done well in life that is for sure!
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