![]() ![]() Against the backdrop of outrageous corporate misdeeds, Fallout offers honest accounts of personal humility and suffering, and the transformation of a naïve young man into a shrewd player in the world of highly-tactical, uber-aggressive class-action litigation. In the process, Scott also changed, undergoing a radical shift in his vision and thoughts about what it means to be an advocate for others, a champion, and a human being with compassion. Against the backdrop of corporate greed and heart-wrenching stories of human loss, it’s. After breaking the story and filing what became his first class action case ever, Scott battled Unocal and then dozens of competing lawyers over the next four years–finally surpassing even his own expectations, and on a shoestring budget, changing the lives and outlook of an entire community. Through this budding legal advocate’s eyes, get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of class action litigation, and how this young lawyer partnered with a community of thousands to expose one of California’s worst environmental tragedies. The release sickened thousands of local residents and, until Scott arrived on the scene, it appeared Unocal might avoid any real scrutiny for it. In 1994, the company’s Rodeo, CA refinery released tons of a caustic chemical into the air over a sixteen-day period. Fallout tells the true story of a young lawyer, Scott Cole, who takes on Unocal, one of the nation’s biggest oil refiners. Scott Edward Cole - Fallout (Sausalito Store) Her residents knew it, but never had the voices with which to organize, much less take action and no one would have cared if they did. ![]()
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