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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 ...
McClure had served at Camp Lejeune, a sprawling Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina, where up to 1 million people may have been exposed to a drinking water supply contaminated with ...
Kristin is among numerous people in the Akron area who have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, a federal law passed in 2022 that allows people who served at the Marine Corps base in ...
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 ...
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, allowing victims to sue for sicknesses related to water contamination at Camp Lejeune. [45] Straw has renewed his several claims for compensation. Straw v. United States, 7:23-cv-162-BO-BM (E.D.N.C.) (Camp LeJeune Justice Act lawsuit, docketed 2/21/2023). [46]
Under a federal law passed in 2022, people who believe they’ve been harmed by contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune have until August 10, 2024, to file a claim with the government for ...
What did the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, signed into law in August 2022, do? Ensminger: It allows us to seek relief through the court system. Who is eligible to file a claim? Partain: People who ...
At Camp Lejuene the Corps trains marines to deal with risks of combat but neglected to respond to reports of contaminated groundwater that ultimately took the lives of hundreds of people, mostly babies, and impaired the health of many more marines and their families over several decades (Fears 2012; House Subcommittee on Oversight 2010).