By Steven Ward
Advocate staff writer
March 05, 2013
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich and a California attorney hired by 25 Assumption Parish residents evacuated due to a giant sinkhole near Bayou Corne are heading to Pierre Part on Saturday to talk to other residents about their legal options, the attorney said Monday.
Thomas V. Girardi, a personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, said he and Brockovich will attend Saturday’s community meeting at the American Legion Hall, 3336 La. 70, Pierre Part, to answer questions about the Texas Brine sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish.
Brockovich was portrayed by actress Julia Roberts in the 2000 feature film “Erin Brockovich” shot by former Baton Rouge resident and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. It tells the story of then-legal clerk Brockovich’s fight against a California power plant in the exposure of nearby residents to contaminated ground water.
Girardi was one of the attorneys who worked with Brockovich and secured a $333 million settlement for 650 residents of Hinkley, Calif
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