Category Archives: Camp Lejeune
When Camp Lejeune Claims Are Being Evaluated, This Is What Will Matter
As you may have heard, the government has been very slow to settle Camp Lejeune lawsuits—in fact, almost none have settled, leading to the courts being flooded with claims from servicemembers and employees and others, who were stationed at the camo between the target period of 1953-1987. But because the government has not settled… Read More »
There Are Unknowns As Camp Lejeune Lawsuits Start To Be Filed
When someone files a lawsuit for an illness, disease or disability caused by exposure to the toxic water in Camp Lejeune, that lawsuit doesn’t go straight into a traditional court. Rather, there is a six month waiting period, when the government has to evaluate those claims, and has a chance to settle those claims,… Read More »
While Camp Lejeune Claims Sit, People Are Dying
When a new law was passed in August of 2022, allowing those sickened by water at Camp Lejeune to sue for a wide variety of illnesses caused by contaminated toxins in the water, there was a fair mix of those who were ill, and those who had died because of illnesses. But as time… Read More »
Camp Lejeune Victims Ask To Have Their Deposition Taken Early
Lawsuits have an order to them, like so many other things in life. For example, you need to do discovery (that is, get information and evidence from the other side), before you have your trial. You need to file your lawsuit, before you have a trial. And you need to file your lawsuit before… Read More »
Camp Lejeune Disease And Illness Classifications
One question potential victims of the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune ask is whether their symptoms, or what they are suffering from, were indeed caused by their time at Camp Lejeune. Because the chemicals that entered into the water and sickened those at the base are so toxic, that is a hard question to… Read More »
What Took So Long For The Government To Act On Contaminated Camp Lejeune Water?
By now, it should be obvious that there are laws that will allow service members and employees who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, to recover for injuries, diseases, or illnesses that they may have incurred as a result of exposure to toxic water at the camp. But how did it happen? And what was… Read More »
Are Veterans Benefits Affected By Claims Made Under The Camp LeJeune Justice Act?
Although the Camp Lejeune Act is not limited to just servicemembers—anybody who worked at or was stationed at the camp from 1953 to 1987, for 30 days or more can sue for damages for water contamination at Camp LeJeune—servicemembers do make up a large number of the people who sue for damages under the… Read More »
Steps In A Camp Lejeune Justice Act Lawsuit
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act paved the way for service members and employees—anybody who was stationed at the camp, in any capacity, for 30 days or more, from 1953-1987–who were sickened by poisoned water at Camp Lejeune, to sue the government for illnesses, diseases, and disabilities, that were caused by exposure to those toxic… Read More »
Lawmakers Still Trying To Make It Difficult For Service People To Recover Damages
Despite new laws that have revived claims for those sickened, poisoned or injured by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and despite the government’s now well-known history of denials of contaminated water claims, it seems that some lawmakers still want to deprive injured victims of their day in court. The new law passed this year,… Read More »
Babies And Kids: Forgotten Victims Of Camp Lejeune Poisoned Water
When we think about exposure to toxic chemicals, or poisoned water, such as the kind of poisons that infected the water at Camp Lejeune from the 1950s to the 1980s, we often think of the diseases that soldiers, servicemembers, and staff at the camp may have contracted. But as innocent as the soldiers were,… Read More »
