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More than 93,000 people have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows people to seek a payout for injuries caused by exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base from mid ...
Andrew Van Arsdale, an attorney representing more than 9,000 Camp Lejeune claimants, said his firm has resolved 15 cases with the Navy in two years. Meanwhile, more than 2,200 of his clients ...
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. [1] During that time, United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base — as well as many international, particularly British, [2] assignees — bathed in and ingested tap water contaminated with harmful chemicals at all concentrations ...
Attorneys are filing claims on behalf of Marines and their families over the base’s water contamination. Here’s a breakdown of what happened and what’s next.
The death of Janey Ensminger led to the creation of H.R.1742, known as the Janey Ensminger Act, an act of the 112th United States Congress which established a presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with contaminants in the water supply at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between the years 1957 and 1987 [3] and which provided healthcare to family members of veterans who lived ...
Andrew Straw is pursuing his own infant brain injury pro se and as estate executor for the wrongful death of his mother from a Camp LeJeune cancer. [36] Straw v. United States, 7:23-cv-1475-FL (E.D.N.C.) [37] Straw has sought not only compensation, but he also has sought health care under the Janey Ensminger Act of 2012.
Sen. Ted Budd and Sen. Thom Tillis led a group of lawmakers in demanding answers on why the government is failing to resolve claims filed by veterans and their families in toxic water cases.
Aug. 14—SCRANTON — Sgt. Don Wilmot began noticing negative health effects from the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune several years after leaving the base. During a question-and-answer session ...