ABC Textiles, Inc. has a textile production facility located in Palm City, FL. It lies along a river that is used for drinking water for the surrounding town and is therefore tested regularly for chemical contaminants according to EPA standards. There is also a recreational beachfront with swimming and boating located \u00bd mile downstream of the plant. Over the last ten years, the incidence of a skin reaction called allergic dermatitis has increased dramatically for swimmers at the recreational beachfront.<\/p>\n
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Due to public concern, the local water utility began checking for elevated levels of several pollutants that cause skin reactions. Over the course of a\u00a0year, they collected 45 water samples from a location adjacent to the output of the industrial plant. These samples were tested and elevated levels of chromium were identified. The EPA\u2019s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for chromium is 0.1 mg\/L. With the knowledge that chromium pollution can\u00a0result from fabric dyeing within textile factories, a group of concerned citizens has brought a class-action lawsuit against ABC Textiles, Inc. The class\u00a0claims that the company\u2019s textile mill has contributed to elevated chromium levels in the river, causing skin reactions at the local beach.<\/p>\n
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Due to the significance of this litigation, the Judge involved with the case, The Honorable Orlana Leia, has brought you in as an expert witness, independent of either side of the litigation, to give your expert opinion on the chromium exceedance. At your request, she is providing you with data\u00a0from the 45 samples the water utility collected. She has requested that you analyze whether the chromium levels in the river exceed the EPA standard.\u00a0Because there are no other outputs to the river within 5 miles, it can be presumed that the textile plant is the most likely source of elevated chromium levels, if they are present in the river. The area between the output of the industrial plant and the beachfront is populated with residential housing, and\u00a0the prosecution and defense have agreed that illegal dumping or another source of contamination in this area is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n
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She is requiring that you complete your work with a high level of confidence, therefore you have suggested using a significance level of .01 (i.e., 99%\u00a0confidence). You are to provide the jury with which side of the litigation you would support and why in a written document that makes the\u00a0determination clear and believable to them.\u00a0 The document you are to provide is to follow the court’s template and their Legal memorandum guide.\u00a0You will also copy the document to John Coltrane, Clerk of the Courts, Mitchell Bilano, Plaintiffs\u2019 Counsel, and Jill Gailow, Defendant\u2019s Counsel.\u00a0Remember that you are only an expert on statistical analysis of the exceedance of chromium in the river, not on whether elevated chromium can cause allergic dermatitis.\u00a0Be careful not to overstate your findings \u2013 don\u2019t make any assumptions that aren\u2019t very clearly suggested by the data.\u00a0(Data File\u00a0\u00a0Download Data File)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sample Date<\/p>\n
Sample Number<\/p>\n
Chromium Level (mg\/L)<\/p>\n
1-Aug<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
0.094<\/p>\n
7-Aug<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
0.08<\/p>\n
20-Aug<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
0.077<\/p>\n
28-Aug<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
0.081<\/p>\n
5-Sep<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
0.086<\/p>\n
13-Sep<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
0.078<\/p>\n
20-Sep<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
0.117<\/p>\n
29-Sep<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
0.084<\/p>\n
3-Oct<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
0.113<\/p>\n
10-Oct<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
0.094<\/p>\n
27-Oct<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
0.088<\/p>\n
5-Nov<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
0.093<\/p>\n
12-Nov<\/p>\n
13<\/p>\n
0.115<\/p>\n
26-Nov<\/p>\n
14<\/p>\n
0.121<\/p>\n
1-Dec<\/p>\n
15<\/p>\n
0.112<\/p>\n
8-Dec<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
0.119<\/p>\n
15-Dec<\/p>\n
17<\/p>\n
0.11<\/p>\n
21-Dec<\/p>\n
18<\/p>\n
0.101<\/p>\n
29-Dec<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
0.082<\/p>\n
4-Jan<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
0.088<\/p>\n
11-Jan<\/p>\n
21<\/p>\n
0.084<\/p>\n
19-Jan<\/p>\n
22<\/p>\n
0.094<\/p>\n
25-Jan<\/p>\n
23<\/p>\n
0.118<\/p>\n
31-Jan<\/p>\n
24<\/p>\n
0.127<\/p>\n
7-Feb<\/p>\n
25<\/p>\n
0.123<\/p>\n
14-Feb<\/p>\n
26<\/p>\n
0.096<\/p>\n
22-Feb<\/p>\n
27<\/p>\n
0.093<\/p>\n
1-Mar<\/p>\n
28<\/p>\n
0.112<\/p>\n
8-Mar<\/p>\n
29<\/p>\n
0.071<\/p>\n
18-Mar<\/p>\n
30<\/p>\n
0.081<\/p>\n
31-Mar<\/p>\n
31<\/p>\n
0.082<\/p>\n
5-Apr<\/p>\n
32<\/p>\n
0.092<\/p>\n
10-Apr<\/p>\n
33<\/p>\n
0.088<\/p>\n
19-Apr<\/p>\n
34<\/p>\n
0.081<\/p>\n
25-Apr<\/p>\n
35<\/p>\n
0.076<\/p>\n
1-May<\/p>\n
36<\/p>\n
0.079<\/p>\n
9-May<\/p>\n
37<\/p>\n
0.08<\/p>\n
18-May<\/p>\n
38<\/p>\n
0.91<\/p>\n
25-May<\/p>\n
39<\/p>\n
0.082<\/p>\n
1-Jun<\/p>\n
40<\/p>\n
0.072<\/p>\n
12-Jun<\/p>\n
41<\/p>\n
0.071<\/p>\n
25-Jun<\/p>\n
42<\/p>\n
0.075<\/p>\n
2-Jul<\/p>\n
43<\/p>\n
0.092<\/p>\n
16-Jul<\/p>\n
44<\/p>\n
0.102<\/p>\n
24-Jul<\/p>\n
45<\/p>\n
0.106<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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