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1. time.com › 5737451Dark Waters and the True Story of Lawyer Rob Bilott | TIME

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   Nov 25, 2019 · November 25, 2019 12:03 PM EST. R ob Bilott, a corporate lawyer-turned-environmental crusader, doesn’t much care if he’s made enemies over the years. “I’ve been dealing with this for ...

2. www.nytimes.com › 2016/01/10 › magazineThe Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare - The New York ...

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   Jan 6, 2016 · Bilott sought help with the Tennant case from a West Virginia lawyer named Larry Winter. For many years, Winter was a partner at Spilman, Thomas & Battle — one of the firms that represented ...

3. www.hollywoodreporter.com › lists › true-story-darkThe True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   Nov 30, 2019 · Wilbur Tennant, played by Bill Camp in the film, showed Bilott videos and pictures he had taken of his cows foaming at the mouth and staggering in ways they hadn't before, with lesions covering ...

4. scienceandfilm.org › articles › 3583Sloan Science & Film - Science and Film

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   Dec 14, 2023 · Bilott tries to communicate to Tennant that he “isn’t that kind of environmental lawyer,” yet Tennant’s exasperated resilience strikes a chord with the compassionate and upstanding ethos of Bilott. He persuades his boss (Tim Robbins) to allow him to pursue the case on a contingency basis. Bill Camp as Earl Tennant

5. scienceandsociety.duke.edu › the-lawyer-who-becameThe lawyer who became Dupont’s worst nightmare | Duke ...

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   Tue, Jan 12. The lawyer who became Dupont’s worst nightmare. Just months before Rob Bilott made partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, he received a call on his direct line from a cattle farmer. The farmer, Wilbur Tennant of Parkersburg, W.Va., said that his cows were dying left and right. He believed that the DuPont chemical company, which ...

6. www.sciencefriday.com › articles › dupont-bilottThe Farmer Who Took On One Of The World’s Biggest Chemical ...

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   Nov 1, 2019 · by Robert Bilott, on November 1, 2019. Editor’s note: In 1999, Robert Bilott sued E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co, better known as DuPont, on behalf of a West Virginia farmer whose cows were dying. Over the course of that lawsuit, Bilott discovered that DuPont had been using a chemical called PFOA in the production of Teflon for decades, while ...

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   Why did Wilbur Tennant bring a case to Bilott?

   • Wilbur Tennant approached West Virginia lawyers, journalists and politicians about his concerns regarding his cows before bringing the case to Bilott. However, nobody wanted to take on a corporation as big as DuPont, primarily because it employed a big chunk of people in the small town.

   The True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   Who was Wilbur Tennant?

   • Wilbur Tennant, played by Bill Camp in the film, showed Bilott videos and pictures he had taken of his cows foaming at the mouth and staggering in ways they hadn't before, with lesions covering their hides. Bilott immediately took on the case.

   The True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   How does Bilott communicate with Tennant?

   • Bilott tries to communicate to Tennant that he “isn’t that kind of environmental lawyer,” yet Tennant’s exasperated resilience strikes a chord with the compassionate and upstanding ethos of Bilott. He persuades his boss (Tim Robbins) to allow him to pursue the case on a contingency basis. Bill Camp as Earl Tennant

   Bilott vs. DuPont: Revisiting Chemicals in DARK WATERS

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   What did Bilott do for the Tennants?

   • He was doing for the Tennants what he would have done for any of his corporate clients — pulling permits, studying land deeds and requesting from DuPont all documentation related to Dry Run Landfill — but he could find no evidence that explained what was happening to the cattle. ‘‘We were getting frustrated,’’ Bilott said.

   The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   Why did Bilott Sue DuPont?

   • Bilott immediately took on the case. Soon after, he found evidence that DuPont had been dumping toxic chemical waste into the town's water supply, near a creek where Tennant raised his cows, which resulted in a legal fight against the company that lasted more than a decade.

   The True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   Where did Tennant & Bilott live?

   • Tennant provides tapes and physical documentation of the ghastly demise of his cattle farm in Parkersburg, West Virginia; Bilott spent time in Parkersburg and on Tennant’s farm as a child while visiting his grandmother there.

   Bilott vs. DuPont: Revisiting Chemicals in DARK WATERS

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8. inews.co.uk › culture › filmIs Dark Waters a true story? How Robert Bilott’s DuPont legal ...

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   Mar 5, 2020 · When Bilott looked into the case, he uncovered clear evidence that DuPont’s nearby chemical plant had been dumping toxic waste into the town’s water supply. The plant in question was 35 times ...