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11 unusual facts about Erin Brockovich


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Christened the "Erin Brockovich of the library world" by the New York Times, Baker is not shy about placing blame on the custodians of the nation's heritage and intellect: "The library has gone astray partly because we trusted the librarians so completely." (p. 104).

Edward L. Masry

The case was adapted into the highly successful film, Erin Brockovich, with Albert Finney portraying Masry.

Ed Masry has a non-speaking cameo in the film Erin Brockovich as a diner patron sitting behind Julia Roberts, the same diner that cameos Erin Brockovich as a waitress.

Erin Brockovich

She was born as Erin Pattee in Lawrence, Kansas, to Frank Pattee, an industrial engineer, and Betty Jo O'Neal-Pattee, a journalist.

One of those accuses the Whitman Corporation of chromium contamination in Willits, California.

Working with Edward L. Masry, a lawyer based in Thousand Oaks, California, Brockovich went on to participate in other anti-pollution lawsuits.

Frank Pattee

Frank and Betty Jo had 2 sons and 2 daughters, Frank Pattee Jr., Thomas Pattee, Jodie Knight, and Erin Brockovich.

Jewel and Blaire Restaneo

Jewel & Blaire also had the great opportunity of working with Erin Brockovich on ABC's Challenge America TV Special with other Broadway kids, Ashley Rose Orr, Danielle Brown, Jennifer Brown, and Shadoe Brandt.

Material Disclosure

For instance, in Europe, an electronic product cannot have more than 1000 parts per million (ppm) of a chemical called hexavalent chromium, a toxic substance made famous in the film Erin Brockovich.

Ontario power plant scandal

Local opponents rallied at the Ontario legislature and brought in American environmentalist Erin Brockovich to help generate publicity for their fight with the government.

The Beverly Hills Courier

In 2004, the Couriers then-editor, Norma Zager, was awarded Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club for her series on a lawsuit brought by Erin Brockovich.


Hinkley groundwater contamination

Erin Brockovich, a legal clerk to lawyer Edward L. Masry, investigated the apparent elevated cluster of illnesses in the community linked to hexavalent chromium.

Scarlett Pomers

She also appeared in Slappy and the Stinkers, Happy, Texas, Erin Brockovich, and TV-movies Geppetto.