Sector: Legal / Environmental Litigation / Expert Testimony
🔥 The Challenge
Groundwater contamination lawsuits demanded fast, credible, and visually compelling evidence. Traditional modeling workflows were slow, fragmented, and too technical for courtroom communication — especially between scientists and lawyers.
💡 MAGNET Solution
Mika Meyers PLC used MAGNET to fuse:
- Seamless global datasets — high-resolution topography, stream networks, lakes, and climate
- National, statewide, and provincial databases — lithology, water levels, water use, and water quality
- Targeted site-specific data — collected precisely where needed, guided by the big-picture model
This multi-scale fusion enabled MAGNET to render the full story in 3D visualizations of flow, transport, water quality, and geology — making the science understandable to attorneys, judges, and juries.
💬 Attorney Testimony
“Precisely what I needed… generate very quickly visual aids in the form of exhibits and animations so that I could make complex hydrogeological concepts understandable to a judge or jury. It was the primary reason my client was very successful in the outcome of this litigation.”
— Doug Donnell, Attorney, Mika Meyers PLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chairman Management Committee
🧠 Hybrid Intelligence in Action
- Global Context: Seamless integration of terrain, hydrology, and climate data
- Statewide Precision: Live-linked Michigan databases — lithology, water levels, water use, and water quality
- Pinpointed Refinement: MAGNET guided targeted field sampling to sharpen the model
- Data-Complementary Modeling: Statistical analysis + 3D fusion of geology, quantity, and quality
- Process-Based Simulation: Physics-based modeling of flow, transport, and recharge
- 3D Visualizations: Subsurface geology, contaminant plumes, and flow paths rendered dynamically
- Cross-Disciplinary Communication: Scientists and lawyers aligned faster, with fewer misunderstandings
- Layperson Accessibility: Judges and juries could “see into the earth” — building trust and clarity
- Global Portability: MAGNET’s fusion engine works across jurisdictions and geologies
🧭 The Bigger Picture
This wasn’t just a legal win — it was a proof of concept for MAGNET’s courtroom power. It showed that:
- Complex science can be made visually intuitive
- Legal teams can align with technical experts in real time
- Credible modeling can drive successful outcomes
This is litigation-grade intelligence. This is MAGNET4WATER.