What evidence was presented?

Schlichtmann begins the trial by stating the case against Beatrice. He presents a parade of witnesses who played on Riley land as children and who saw trucks dumping sludge, dead trees, and "nasty" stuff being poured out the tannery back door. Facher's frequent objections clearly obstruct the flow, but the stories are compelling, albeit from a distant past. Schlichtmann's expert geological witness is John Dobrinski. He and a team had mapped all Beatrice and Grace property, drilling test wells, studying the underlying bedrock and collecting samples of contaminated soil. On Beatrice's land, he had found debris and rusted drums, and testing had shown TCE contamination. Finding old bottles and carbon-dating a stunted tree, Dobrinski concluded that TCE contamination had been in the soil for at least twenty-five years. During his testimony, Facher interrupts with frequent objections, twenty-two in just one day. The cross-examination of Dobrinski, moreover, consumes an entire week, with Facher attempting to punch holes in every piece of Dobrinski's evidence. As well, Facher has found a discrepancy in Dobrinski's resume, which he uses in an attempt to discredit the entire testimony of the witness. Dobrinski is a "virgin" witness, never having testified in civil litigation, and is clearly flustered by Facher's continual pounding. In the end, Dobrinski does not cause the impact which Schlichtmann had hoped.