Courtroom Evidence and Exibits Services
Courtroom exhibits can be simple or complex, depending on what is being conveyed to the court, the nature of the case, and the makeup of the jury. 3TM Consulting, LLC has worked with other experts in preparing courtroom exhibits that not only present facts but also educate and communicate.
For example, 3TM Consulting, LLC modeled the deposition of PCBs onto ground surfaces from historical releases from an industrial facility in order to explain to the jury how PCBs can accumulate over time and be detected in the residential surface soils surrounding the plant many years after the release had occurred.
Graphs can show the theoretical deposition rates and resultant soil concentrations over a 40-year release period, taking into consideration the half-life of PCBs. Such graphics can be used to retro-calculate soil historical soil concentrations in support of health-based exposure and risk assessments, for example, for diseases with long latency periods.
On the other hand, a photograph of a muddy shoe can be used to illustrate contaminant track-in, and bubbles in a bathtub can be used to illustrate the phenomenon of contaminant half-life.