Camp Lejeune Water Claims May Find Their Way To Multi-District Litigation Eventually

It seems that the only way to ensure everyone is treated fairly is to organize lawsuits by type of illness and offer a settlement

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - Camp Lejeune water attorneys expect that the thousands of Camp Lejeune water lawsuits may be consolidated into multi-district litigation (MDL) and organized into groups of thousands of plaintiffs with similar illnesses. For example, AboutLawsuits cites a report that enumerates the types of diseases that allegedly have been caused by drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. "Toxic chemicals from Camp Lejeune may be responsible for more than 50,000 cases of breast cancer, 28,000 cases of bladder cancer, and 24,000 cases of renal cancer, as well as thousands of cases, involving Parkinson's disease and other health complications. It is also believed that Camp Lejeune water caused birth defects and wrongful death for thousands of unborn children exposed in utero." Each of these diseases could be a separate grouping in MDL that could be settled for a different lump sum of money. Some think that it could take up to one trillion dollars to settle all of the Camp Lejeune water lawsuits. The government may be ascertaining the situation currently by sitting back and allowing more than 10,000 Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims to be filed without responding to a single one as of yet. The government may elect to settle hundreds of thousands of claims based on the type of illness the veteran claims and the damages they or their surviving loved ones incurred. The government may hope to settle most Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims this way to reduce the administrative delays caused by the sheer number of lawsuits that are expected. The Government would then have to deal with only about one hundred Camp Lejeune water attorneys who each represent thousands of clients.

The Veteran's Administration has listed dozens of types of cancer and other diseases that are presumed to have been caused by drinking Camp Lejeune tap water. Claims for other diseases may be rejected and it will be up to the plaintiff to decide if their case warrants filing a lawsuit. The The US Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) has up to six months to respond to Camp Lejeune Justice Act requests or they may be automatically rejected. If they fail to do so, a lawsuit may be filed. Another reason for a claim to be rejected may be that government attorneys do not agree with the amount of money being requested. It is important, therefore, to make sure that one asks for the amount of lump sum that is commensurate with what the deceased would have earned, plus interest, had he/she lived. Legal experts agree that it will be difficult for the JAG to meet the deadline given the hundreds of thousands of claims that are expected to be filed.Camp Lejeune water attorneys agree they would not be surprised if 200-300,000 Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claims are filed during the two-year window that has been allotted for doing so. If the military finds it impossible to process these simple forms, how it may find it impossible to process every Camp Lejeune Justice Act lawsuit.

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