I think Erin Brockovich had a lot of intimacy with the clients that she represented and/or supported. Robert Kearns’ had, what I think more intimacy about his case than Erin did. Erin dealt with clients in a class action law suit, while Robert fought for his own cause. I think both stories were tremendous ethical battles. There is no difference with the way how these major companies with large budgets tried to manipulate the little man. These large corporations try to use their large budgets and room full of in house attorneys to bully the little man. Robert Kearns fought for over 2 decades while Erin Brockovich fought for a few years at most. Robert Kearns was trying to protect his invention patent and he was an inventor. I think most inventors who cracked something new would be paranoid about their inventions, and would be very apprehensive about sharing their invention. Erin on the other hand just developed an unknown compassion about the people she represented. I think Erin was not as interested in the ethical battle as much as Robert was. Robert ended up dragging his whole family into the ordeal, while his life passed him by. Also, Robert pretty much represented himself, so he had to learn how to somewhat represent himself in a way that would negatively affect the outcome of the case. To him it really was about the ethical principle about what happened and it wasn’t about the money. He had to turn down a $30million offer and ultimately was awarded only $10million plus the gratification of his invention. Ford wrongfully stole his invention and called it their own. I think Rober Kearns case was way bigger than Erin Brockovich’s. Roberts case was on a world wide scale, Erins Case was, at the most, state wide.
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