Erin Brockovich to visit site of recent coal ash spill.»

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/01/brockovich-coal-spill/


Last week, 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge burst through a retention wall at a TVA facility in eastern Tennessee, causing massive property and environmental damage. Now, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports that environmental activist Erin Brockovich is scheduled to visit the site of the spill to meet with Tennessee residents worried about the fallout of the TVA spill:

Brockovich expects a class-action lawsuit to result from the TVA spill as well, but said she’s coming to provide information, not to recruit plaintiffs. … Attorneys from the New York law firm Weitz & Luxenberg will accompany her. An exact date, time and place haven’t been set. “I’m not going to be there to push anything on anybody,” she said. “We are coming in hopes to help, not to cause anymore grief.”

The first lawsuit related to the spill was filed on Tuesday.
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[Warren Stupidity]

1. Brockovich? Is she glomming onto this mess?

Hoping for a big payout? The "environmental activist" and "drill baby drill" mccain/palin supporter Brockovich?

[opihimoimoi]

2. I saw that movie...Julia was great....and we did see Erin as the waitress

early in the flick...she was a hottie...

I think its a good thing she is coming...those poor peeps need help real bad...

[Warren Stupidity]

3. The poor peeps don't need Brokovich, she needs them.

The just need competent legal consul.

[acmavm]

4. So, who else high-profile is going down? Any other volunteers? No big

name 'competent' or otherwise counsel make any offers?

[Warren Stupidity]

6. "The first lawsuit related to the spill was filed on Tuesday."

Obviously lawyers are already involved. Brokovich works for some big name New York firm that will try to muscle in on the local, and quite competent attorneys already on the job. This isn't about helping these people, it is about claiming the 1/3 commission.

[Johonny]

5. She sucks

another fake expert that ignores science and puts out feel bad stories to gain jury sympathy. The country could use less "environmental activist" like her.