So I watched Dark Waters last year and it got me thinking about how much of that movie was real versus Hollywood dramatization. I know it's about DuPont and some chemical they dumped, but I'm curious if the actual contamination case matches what they showed.
The reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to understand how these big industrial contamination cases actually work, especially since I was exposed to asbestos at Johns-Manville back in the late 1970s. If a company knowingly contaminated water supplies with C8 or whatever it was, how does that compare to what happened with asbestos manufacturers who definitely knew the risks but kept selling the stuff anyway.
Did DuPont actually settle for the amount the movie implied? And more importantly, did the people affected actually get meaningful compensation or was it one of those settlements that sounds huge but gets divided up so much that individuals get almost nothing?
I'm trying to understand the timeline too. The movie seemed to span a bunch of years, so I'm wondering how long the actual litigation took from when they first found contamination to when people actually got paid.
Anyone here familiar with how that case actually played out versus what the movie showed? I'm trying to get a sense of whether these big corporate contamination cases actually hold companies accountable or if it's just a cost of doing business for them.