Category Archives: Camp Lejeune
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 »
Watch Out For The So-Called Independent Medical Examination
In a typical car accident case, your treating doctor will likely be one of your witnesses. Your doctor, testifying as a medical expert, will tell the jury what you went through, the nature and extent of your injuries, and how the accident is expected to affect you going forward into the future. But what… Read More »
Toxic Water Was The Solution To Mystery Illnesses At Camp Lejeune
Service members and contractors and employees who were sickened by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune, may already know to look out for the telltale signs of illness, such as cancers or birth defects. But toxins do different things to the human body, and more and more, former service members and military employees are… Read More »
A Look At Symptoms And Diseases Caused By Contaminated Water At Camp Lejeune
For many years, servicemembers and employees, among others, stationed at Camp Lejeune, were unknowingly sickened by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune Army Base in North Carolina. Nobody knew that contaminants being dumped or buried in the land near Camp Lejeune, were also seeping into the water supply, contaminating the Camp’s inhabitants, employees, and contractors… Read More »
Many People Had No Idea Why They Were Sick. Turns Out, It Was Camp Lejeune.
Certainly, anytime someone misleads or lies to others about health and safety, it is a serious issue. But when the party doing the lying is the United States government, and when the people being lied to are service people, employees, contractors and workers, at a military base, the deception and lies just seem that… Read More »
The Number Of Camp Lejeune Cases Filed Is Growing Quickly
The recently passed Camp Lejeune Act has given victims of contamination new hope at getting compensation for grievous injuries and disease, caused by toxic water at the camp. The new law passed by congress removed numerous legal roadblocks to making these claims that previously existed. Amount of Claims is Growing According to the U.S…. Read More »
