Erin Brockovich: Movie Review I. Car Accident There is negligence in the part of the doctor. He beat the red light which resulted in an accident‚ heating Erin’s car. An obligation arises from quasi-delict since there is no contract but there is damage. II. Masry and Erin (Court trial) There is incidental fraud in the part of Ed Masry. A contract started between him and Erin. But after the trial‚ Ed started to ignore Erin by not returning her phone calls. III. Masry and Erin (Work) Ed Masry
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Erin Brockovich‚ a 2000 Jersy Film Production‚ staring Julia Roberts is based on a true story that involved Pacific Gas and Electric Company using hexavalent chromium or chromium six as a rust inhibitor to prevent corrosion of pistons used in engines. According to the movie‚ for fourteen years‚ the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had been dumping water containing chromium six into ponds and covering them over. The ponds were not lined and the chromium based water leaked into the local water supply
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Ethical Issues in Erin Brockovich Summary There are several ethical issues both personal and professional in this movie. In their first meeting‚ Donna told Erin that PG&E had paid for doctors’ visits for the whole family. However‚ PG&E was not doing this just to be nice‚ as they would have the residents believe‚ they had an ulterior motive. They sent them to specific doctors because these doctors would lie to them to cover up for PG&E. It was clear that PG&E must have paid these doctors
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Paper Princess Erin Watt‚“ Besides his sperm my father’s watch was the only thing he left behind” (chapter 1). This line was an absolute favorite of mine. It could be interpreted in so many different ways. Her tone could be bitter‚ feeling as if the man she she was supposed to call father only cared enough to just leave her a lousy watch. Or maybe she means to have a playful tone‚ laughing at the fact that he was so inconsiderate and that he doesn’t deserve any hateful feelings she has to offer.
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How Does Ms. Gruwell Earn Her Students’ Respect? In the movie Freedom Writers1‚ the most serious problem in the class is lacking of respect. Students don’t have respect for each other. And their teacher‚ Ms. Gruwell‚ they even hate her. This story happened at Woodrow Wilson High School2 in USA California’s Long Beach3 during 1990s. At that period racial discrimination still prevailed. Gangs4‚ violence‚ poverty were full of most people’s life. Erin Gruwell5‚ a 23-year-old first time teacher‚ was trying
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ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) Film Review This show re-lives a true story about a woman‚ Erin Brockovich‚ played by Julia Roberts and directed by Steven Soderbergh‚ of how a woman can achieve personal and professional victory by overcoming obstacles external to her and those within her. With limited skills she took on corporate world and caused compensation of US$33M to be paid out to residents of a small town in California‚ Hickley‚ as compensation for contaminated water supply. Erin‚ is an
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Reflection After watching the movie Erin Brockovich and reading the article “Dressing Sexy at Work: When Too Little is Too Much” I have come to the conclusion that the way you dress in the workplace has a strong reflection of who you are as a person. If you dress provocatively it sends off the message that you are not professional and intelligent. The way you present yourself is very important‚ in today’s society you are judged on your appearance‚ so if you show a lot of skin in the workplace
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What skills did she have to develop and hone on her own without the formal education? Erin Brockovich‚ had no formal skills whatsoever. She had to develop professional skills‚ she had to learn how to dress‚ how to present herself in a professional manner‚ and how to not be so vulgar when speaking. Which jobs or what aspects of her education do you think assisted her in developing these skills? Being that Erin was savvy enough to get a job at a law firm as a filing clerk. She opened the door for
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Erin Teague was born in 1982 in Detroit‚ Michigan. Her family lived in a neighborhood in Southfield‚ which is a suburb of Detroit‚ that had families that had money and those that were poor. She went to a public school in Southfield where many of the kids received either free lunches or discounted lunches. She excelled in her schooling and took as many honors and AP classes that were available to her. Even after taking these advanced classes she felt under prepared entering college. Growing up outside
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representing seriously injured victims of negligence and corporate injustice and Erin Brockovich is one of their employees. They have a reputation as a leader in Environmental Tort cases‚ which a major part of their focus‚ but they also represent clients with Catastrophic Personal Injury‚ Traumatic Brain Injury‚ Product Liability and other types of Class Action matters throughout the country. While doing her clerical duties‚ Erin Brockovich
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