They knew that it could cause cancer and severe illness and even death. And they concealed the fact from the residents and when the residents found out after 15 years of total silence, they advised the residents that drinking chromium 6 was good for them. But because too much good might be bad they started delivering bottled water to the residents in 1987, approximately 25 years after they knew about the contamination. There were, of course, parts of the movie that were fictionalized. For example George, Erin's biker in the movie was portrayed as a real nice guy and I have a different opinion of him.
Every state has a different statute of limitations.
But in any state where the defendant commits fraud and conceals their negligent or intentional activity, the statute is tolled, which means that it doesn't start to run until the person finds out the true facts. They lost on 84 grounds. The courtroom scene was very realistic and the judge in the movie, Leroy Simmons, was the same judge that actually handed down the decision in the actual case. He had retired from the bench and he came back to play his own role. Erin is the head of my toxic investigation and research department.