At least 4500 Claims That Were Denied By The Navy in 2019 May Now Be Reconsidered And Go To Trial

If your Camp Lejeune water cancer lawsuit was denied in 2019 now is the time to refile

Friday, August 19, 2022 - The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is an attempt to rectify the mistakes the Marine Corps and US Navy made for failing to inform Marines and civilian employees about the local tap water contamination. According to the Veterans Administration (VA) around 900,000 residents and those working at Camp Lejeune drank, cooked with, and bathed in water that was known to have been contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOC) trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, benzene, and vinyl chloride. Before enacting the CLJA about 4500 Camp Lejeune water lawsuits seeking more than $900 million in compensation, were denied by the US Navy. According to United Press International in a 2019 article, "Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, says that the U.S. military has no legal authority to pay claims alleging personal injury or wrongful death from exposure to water-borne contaminants from the 1950s to the 1980s." That all changed last week when the President of the United States signed the Honoring Our Pact Act into law allowing Camp Lejeune cancer survivors and the surviving loved ones of those that died from the disease the right to sue the Marines, Navy, and the US government. Marines and civilian employees that lived or worked on the base for 30 days between 1953 and 1987 and can prove a cancer diagnosis have a case to file a lawsuit. Two water treatment facilities that were contaminated were shut down in 1987 but by then millions of marines and their families had been contaminated. According to UPI, "A 2018 study confirmed that industrial chemicals in contaminated drinking water wells at the Marine Corps base were linked to an increased risk for bladder cancer, kidney cancer and kidney disease for people who lived or worked there from the 1950s to 1985. It was also determined by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that the contaminated water likely was a factor in increased risks of adverse birth outcomes and other health effects."

Marines at Camp Lejeune have a much higher chance of developing and dying from certain types of cancer than those serving on other Marine bases that were not contaminated according to experts. The cancer death rate for multiple myeloma was 68% higher for those passing through Camp Lejeune according to a study reported by UPI. "Figures for kidney cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer, and Hodgkin's lymphoma ranged from 33 percent to 47 percent higher. " The surviving relatives, spouse, children, brothers, and sisters, now have a chance to hold the Navy and Marines accountable for their negligence, carelessness, and recklessness for denying for decades that the Camp Lejeune water was contaminated with potentially carcinogenic chemicals. Survivors of Marines who have died from cancer and have once lived or worked at Camp Lejeune should speak with a Camp Lejeune water attorney to file a claim for lump-sum monetary compensation.

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